Barbara Hepworth : A GREATER FREEDOM 1965 - 1975

18 Apr 2015-24 Apr 2016

Overview

A Greater Freedom follows the artistic developments seen in Barbara Hepworth’s later years, focusing on the last decade of her life from 1965 – 1975. Hepworth was extremely prolific during her later years: former Tate Director Sir Alan Bowness, Hepworth’s son-in-law and biographer, noted that nearly as many works were made during the 1960s as between 1925 and 1960. By this point, Hepworth had achieved international recognition, having represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 1952, winning the Grand Prix at the Sao Paulo Biennial of 1959, and having had Single Form commissioned for the United Nations Building, New York, in the early 1960s. This display looks at the new ideas and processes that these successes afforded her opportunity