Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Yorkshire Sculpture Park Visitor Center

There is now also an underground gallery

The Yorkshire Sculpture Park is a 1977 from an art teacher Peter Murray established sculpture garden in West Bretton , Wakefield , in West Yorkshire, England.

history

There was no comparable project in the UK in the 1970s . Sculpture parks existed in Europe only in Denmark ( Louisiana Museum of Modern Art ) and in the Netherlands ( Kröller-Müller Museum ). Initially, opposition to the project was considerable. In letters to the editor, the “scrap metal” was insulted as an “insult to the intelligence of taxpayers”. However, the majority of the local population liked the idea and wanted to see more soon. It happened well that two important British sculptors Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworthgrew up not far away. A number of sites, the Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle, are dedicated to this art heritage.

Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth advocated the idea of moving sculptures from the galleries into the open landscape. Moore believed:

"Daylight, sunlight is necessary. (Daylight, sunlight is necessary.) "

Moore continued:

"Sculpture is an art of the open air. (Sculpture is an open-air art.) "

Yorkshire Sculpture Park never had a lot of money to buy works of art, but many artists donated sculptures or made them available on loan . Hundreds of artists from over 40 countries responded to the call and exhibited their works. Many exhibits can be seen permanently in the park, others are only on site for a certain period of time and are then replaced by new works. Today the park has 170 employees and is visited by 400,000 people a year. Admission is free. Therefore, the park is dependent on the income from parking fees.

The atmosphere in the extensive landscape is relaxed:

“Yorkshire Sculpture Park is no ordinary gallery. For example, there are no dehumidifiers and no one will look at you crookedly if your cell phone suddenly rings. It's about art in the open air, exposed to wind and weather, 365 days a year. "

In 2014, Yorkshire Sculpture Park won the UK's largest art award and was named Art Fund Museum of the Year.

Works

On an area of 200 hectares , at least 40 sculptures by internationally known artists can be seen in permanent and temporary exhibitions.

Are shown or were previously u. a. Sculptures by Barry Flanagan , Elisabeth Frink , Andy Goldsworthy , Barbara Hepworth , Matthew Houlding , Sol LeWitt , Henry Moore , Eduardo Paolozzi , Ronald Rae , Mark di Suvero and Not Vital .

image	Artist
	Ai Weiwei Iron Tree
	Kenneth Armitage
	Michael Ayrton Arkville Minotaur
	Jonathan Borofsky Molecule Man
	Anthony Caro promenade
	Eduardo Chillida
	Jesse Darling March of the Valedictorians
	Mark di Suvero Nelly
	Helen Escobedo Summer Fields
	Brian Fell Ha-Ha Bridge
	Alec Finlay World Wide Letter Box
	Leo Fitzmaurice Arcadia
	Barry Flanagan Large Nijinsky Hare on Anvil Point
	Elisabeth Frink Seated Man
	Elisabeth Frink
	Andy Goldsworthy
	Andy Goldsworthy
	Andy Goldsworthy Hanging Trees
	Nigel Hall Crossing (Horizontal)
	Nigel Hall
	Barbara Hepworth The Family of Man
	Phillip King
	Sol LeWitt cinder block
	Igor Mitoraj Bound Eros Cracked
	Henry Moore Reclining Figure
	Henry Moore
	Henry Moore
	Henry Moore Large Two Forms
	Henry Moore
	Henry Moore
	Henry Moore
	David Nash Seventy-One Steps
	Isamu Noguchi
	Dennis Oppenheim Trees
	Zak Ové Black and Blue
	Eduardo Paolozzi
	Tim Paul Totem Pole
	Jaume Plensa
	Jaume Plensa Nuria and Irma '
	Ronald Rae Tiger
	Peter Randall-Page
	Sophie Ryder crawling
	Sophie Ryder Eye
	Ulrich Rückriem
	Sarah Statton
	William Turnbull Large Horse
	James Turrell Deer Shelter Skyspace
	Winter / Hörbelt Basket # 7
	Austin Wright Ring
	Gordon Young Walk Of Art
	Michael Zwingmann invasion

Partnerships

In 2007 the Yorkshire Sculpture Park was a partner organization of the renowned sculpture exhibition Blickachsen 6 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe ; there, among other things, the sculpture Large Nijinsky Hare on Anvil Point by Barry Flannegan could be seen from the park.

Web links

Commons : Yorkshire Sculpture Park - Collection of images, videos and audio files

official website (English)

Individual evidence

53.613968 -1.569586Coordinates: 53 ° 36 ′ 50.3 " N , 1 ° 34 ′ 10.5" W.

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