Bernard Meadows 1915-2005
Seated Armed Figure: personnage tres important, 1962
Bronze
60 x 35 x 41 cms
23 9/16 x 13 12/16 x 16 2/16 ins
23 9/16 x 13 12/16 x 16 2/16 ins
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This powerful sculpture from 1962 relates to Meadows' interest in Renaissance sculptures prompted by his 1960 visit to Florence. He worked almost exclusively on the theme of armed figures from...
This powerful sculpture from 1962 relates to Meadows' interest in Renaissance sculptures prompted by his 1960 visit to Florence. He worked almost exclusively on the theme of armed figures from 1961 to 1965. He was fascinated by the contrast of the hard outer shell of armour with the implied soft interior of man. In the artist's own words:figures are armoured, aggressive, protected, but inside the safety of the shell they are completely soft and vulnerable". Likening them to business tycoons "protected by the paraphernalia of their offices and retinues, but who are soft inside. Bullies are frightened people."
(Bernard Meadows in lan Bowness, Bernard Meadows. Sculpture and Drawings, The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries Publishers, London, 1995, p.15)
(Bernard Meadows in lan Bowness, Bernard Meadows. Sculpture and Drawings, The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries Publishers, London, 1995, p.15)
Exhibitions
Henry Moore and the Geometry of Fear, James Hyman Gallery, 19 November 2002 - 18 January 2003, (cat. 21)Literature
Alan Bowness, Bernard Meadows, Sculpture and Drawings, Henry Moore Foundation/Lund Humphries, 1995, (BM84), reproduced p. 65.Henry Moore and the Geometry of Fear, James Hyman Gallery, London, 2002, (cat. 21), illustrated p.35.
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