EXHIBITION POSTPONED UNTIL SPRING 2021.
An Arts Council Collection Touring Exhibition
This major new touring exhibition challenges the male-dominated narratives of post-war British sculpture by presenting a diverse and significant range of ambitious work by women. Offering a radical recalibration, Breaking the Mould not only celebrates the strengths of sculpture made by women but also seeks to guard against the threat of slipping out of view. Through this deliberately restorative act, the exhibition seeks to inspire future generations, supporting the maxim ‘if she can see it she can be it’.
Breaking the Mould represents the work of over forty-five sculptors including Barbara Hepworth, Elisabeth Frink, Kim Lim, Cornelia Parker, Veronica Ryan, Rachel Whiteread and Anthea Hamilton.
After the first presentation at Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Breaking the Mould will tour to New Art Gallery Walsall, Djanogly Art Gallery, The Levinsky Gallery at the University of Plymouth, Nottingham Lakeside Arts and Ferens Art Gallery, Hull.
Breaking the Mould is an Arts Council Collection Touring Exhibition initiated in response to Women Working in Sculpture from 1960 to the Present Day: Towards a New Lexicon, a research project led by Catherine George (University of Coventry) and Hilary Gresty (independent).
Explore Breaking the Mould and learn more about some of the featured artists and artworks in our digital resouces section.
TOUR DATES & VENUES
Spring 2021
Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
The Levinsky Gallery, The Arts Institute, University of Plymouth
Djanogly Gallery, Lakeside Arts, University of Nottingham