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In association with the BBC FOUR season, 'Focus on Sculpture', this collection explores the work of a series of influential British sculptors.
Champions of modernism such as Jacob Epstein, Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth heralded an extraordinary renaissance in 20th-Century British sculpture that would resonate throughout the art world. Successors including Anthony Caro and Eduardo Paolozzi would illuminate the 1960s and, in their turn, pave the way for the new wave of British sculptors, such as Anish Kapoor, Richard Deacon and Antony Gormley, who emerged onto the scene in the early 1980s.
Features
British Sculptors Collection
Henry Moore
'Art is the expression of imagination and not the imitation of life.'
British Art & Artists
Reg Butler
'I'm very excited to be alive in the 20th Century.'
Portrait of Eric Gill
Memories of the man and his ideas are recalled by Eric Gill's family, friends and colleagues.
Reg Butler: Sculptor
Defying all but the most unconventional of conventions.
Norman St.John Stevas in Conversation
Elisabeth Frink
Exploring the relationship between animals and humans.
Five Sculptors
Antony Gormley
Seeing the body as 'the frontline between the world out there and the spirit inside'.
Five Sculptors
Richard Wentworth
How everyday objects can inspire an artist.
Five Sculptors
Anish Kapoor
The artist whose sculpture is about 'the stuff of living'.
Night Waves
Eric Gill
Re-examining the work and controversial ideas of Eric Gill.
Omnibus
Antony Gormley: The Naked Sculptor
Exploring humanity through representations of the body.
Eduardo Paolozzi
A look back at the life and career of one of the fathers of pop art.
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