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Informationen zum Autor Dr Sophie Bowness is an art historian and a Trustee of the Hepworth Estate. She worked on the catalogue raisonné of Hepworth's sculpture and was a consultant on The Hepworth Wakefield. David Chipperfield Architects designed The Hepworth Wakefield and recent projects include the rebuilding of the Neues Museum in Berlin and the Turner Contemporary gallery in Margate. Frances Guy is Head of Collections and Exhibitions at The Hepworth Wakefield. She was previously Curator at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester. Jackie Heuman is a conservation consultant and Co-Director of SculpCons Ltd. She is a specialist in the conservation of modern sculpture and a former Head of Sculpture Conservation at the Tate. Tessa Jackson is a Director of Jackson Sculpture Conservation Ltd specialising in the conservation of sculpture and objects. Simon Wallis is Director of The Hepworth Wakefield. He worked previously at Kettle's Yard, Tate Liverpool and Chisenhale Gallery. Gordon Watson led the development of The Hepworth Wakefield as Project Director from 2004 to 2010 and, before that, as manager of Wakefield Council's Museums and Arts Service. Klappentext Celebrating the generous gift of Barbara Hepworth's plasters to The Hepworth Wakefield by the Hepworth Estate, this groundbreaking publication combines a fully illustrated catalogue of the sculptor's surviving prototypes in plaster, occasionally aluminium, with a detailed analysis of her working methods. Zusammenfassung Celebrating the generous gift of Barbara Hepworth's plasters to The Hepworth Wakefield by the Hepworth Estate, this groundbreaking publication combines a fully illustrated catalogue of the sculptor's surviving prototypes in plaster, occasionally aluminium, with a detailed analysis of her working methods. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Preface! Simon Wallis; Coming Home: Barbara Hepworth and the Wakefield Art Gallery Collection! Frances Guy; Developing The Hepworth Wakefield to Start of Construction! 1996 to 2007! Gordon Watson; The Hepworth Wakefield! David Chipperfield; Barbara Hepworth's Studio Practice: Plaster for Bronze! Sophie Bowness; Catalogue of the Plasters and other Prototypes in the Hepworth Gift! Sophie Bowness! with information on technique and conservation by Jackie Heuman and Tessa Jackson; The Conservation of the Gift! with a Glossary of Technical Terms! Jackie Heuman; Chronology; Select Bibliography; Index. ...
