Post-War British Sculpture and Painting

5 May 2012-3 Nov 2013

Overview

Running alongside the permanent displays of work by Barbara Hepworth the new collection exhibitions will focus on post-war painting and sculpture. Featuring work by Henry Moore, Francis Bacon, Graham Sutherland, Eduardo Paolozzi and Reg Butler it will explore representations of the body. At the heart of the display is the destabilisation of the body and the contrast between mass and flesh in painting and the stripping down and opening out of the figure in sculpture. Drawing on the Wakefield Art Collection the displays will be augmented by key loans from the national collections at Tate, the Arts Council and private lenders.