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24 JUNE – 25 OCTOBER 2015
TATE BRITAIN | LONDON, UK

With over 70 works ranging from major carvings and bronzes to less-familiar pieces, this major retrospective will highlight the different contexts in which Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975) created and presented her work, from the studio to the landscape.

 
The exhibition will recall the often overlooked international prominence of one of Britain’s greatest modern artists, presenting works by Hepworth’s predecessors and peers, including Jacob Epstein (1880-1959) and Henry Moore (1898-1986), revealing how her sculpture related to a wider culture of wood and stone carving.

 
A selection of photographs and film will consider the different ways in which Hepworth’s sculpture was presented or imagined – in landscape, in a gallery, in the garden and on stage – and the impact such variant stagings have on an interpretation of her works.