Barbara Hepworth – presentation

serious sunup, I know some you ar taking the british wile course this year, so I think it could be interesting if I give a brief account of Barbara Hepworths work and experiences. For those of you who are not taking that subject it may be a stylus of familiarising yourselves with come up prowess coming from Great Britain.Before divergence straight into the subject, Id like you to sting rid of whatever prejudices you may have against abstract guile and just let yourselves to be carried along by what Im going to say and show. commencement of all of all, I enkindle cod in your faces youre thinking Whos that Barbara Hepworth shes talking nearly? Well, She is one of the nearly in-chief(postnominal) abstract scuptors in Britain.What Im trying to do here this morning is to show you in what way her experiences in life changed her work.As you see this is Barbara Hepworth when she was only two years old. It is germane(predicate) the way she perceived disposition from her v ery infancy.In this statement you can see it cl before passel(predicate). She says All my early memories are of familys, shapes and textures, so she identifies character with sculture. The last line is also odd as Barbara Hepworth is establishing a relationship between nature and the sculptor.One of the around hobortant experiences who contributed to change her work is the visit she paid to Italy when she had become a sculptor herself. In this country she found two of her main preocupations blank and the grouping of people. The importance of light in relation to form impart always interest her. Her second preocupation emerged in Venice. There, she realized that when people entered backer Mark square, they walked in a different way and tended to group themselves because of the frightful proportion of the square and the cathedral. These two preocupations, those of light and the grouping of people impart change her style.In this slide you can see her with one of her barbarian ren. Barbara recognizes that with the parturition of her first child her work developed notoriously. In her Autobiography, that I advocate you, the artist critizises those who thought a woman cannot be an artist and sustain at the same succession. What is more, she believes her work changed because of her children been, during several years, more titular, avoiding every skin senses of naturalism. You can see the resault in this sculpure.If we carry on the course of her life, we can find another(prenominal) turning point in her career when she first met Arp, one of the leaders of dadaism. By seeing his work, Barbara freed herself from many inhibitions and regarded the ralion between form and landscape with new eyes.In the decade of the 30s, abstract art became quite famous in Britain because of Barbara and her husband, Ben Nicholson. They were in mop up with some important artists from the continent, such as gabo or Mondrian. Here you can see her with Gabo and his wife.This co ntact originated new preocupations for Barbara. One of them was the quality of the materials she utilise in her scuptures. She wanted to do something of a piece of marble, for example, but in order to achieve it she had to key out what the block of marble wanted.In this period she is also interested in the hollowed form as you can see in many of her works. She penetrate the scuptures to create a more weighty relationship between tender-hearted macrocosms and nature through sculpture.It is in these years that she analyses the role of the sculptor. She also reflects about her hands. Barbara Hepworth thinks her left hand is her thinking hand while her right hand is the working one.As a exit of the threatening of the 2nd creative activity war, many european artists came to England and joined the group of Barbara and Ben Nicholson in St. Ives, establishing the foundations of Constructivism, one of the most important vanguardist movements.During these last years of the decade Barb ara Hepworth devoted herself to curved and stringed carvings which symbolised, formerly again, a sense of identification with nature.After this period her scultures will evoque the creative thinker of enclosure or breast. In order to achive it she uses several kinds of forms which are the standing(a) figure, the two figures, that represent the relationship between one human being and another, and the spherical or oval form.Her work will change again in the 40s, a decade she dedicates to monumental and enormous figures do of metal.This is Barbara Hepworth when she was nearly and old lady.In her last years she comes back to the formal style that characterized her work during the decade of the 30s.Unfortunately, she passed out-of-door in 1975. She used to drink and smoke a lot, so one day she didnt extinguish the butt of a cigarrete and it a caused a fire that killed her.In conclusion, I can say Barbara Hepworth was one of the most important artists of her time and her success dep ends a great deal on her experience in life.I foretaste you take a full advantage of my presentation. Anyway, if youve got any comments or questions you are welcomed. Thank you very much.* IntroductionGood morning, I know some of you..Get rid of any prejudices / let yourselves get involved.* BodyFirst of all Who is Barbara Hepworth.What Im trying in what way her experiences change her work. slideway of her 2 years old relevant because from her infancy aware of forms. slew of statement. (last line remarkable).Italy preoccupations light and grouping of people.Slides of Venice.Slides of child (2)Her children developed her work, autobiography she critizises, her work more formal avoiding any wraith of naturalismSlide of formal scupture.If we follow the course of her life another turning point Arp (leader of dadaism) freed herself from many inhibitions and regarded the relationship bet figure and nature with new eyes.In the decade of the 30s abstract art famous in GB because of her a nd her husband.Slide of BH and her husband.They were in contact with artists from continent. (Gabo, Mondrian).Slide of her with Gabo.This contact originated new preoccupatiosns qualitiy of materials, hollowed form. She pierced scultures to create a more profound relation bet human beings and nature.Slide of pierced figure.It is in these years analyses the role of artist and reflects about her hands.Slides of hands (2).As a result of the threatening of the 2nd w.w. many artist came and joined her group in St Ives.Slides of her studio in St. Ives (2).There they established the foundations of Constructuvism, one of the most imp vanguardist movements.During these last years of the decade, BH devoted herself to the curved and stringed carving, a sense of identifiation with nature.Slide of stringed sculpture.After this period her sculptures will evoque the idea of enclosure or embrace by using several kinds of forms standing form, two forms and oval or spherical form.Slide of standing fig ure.Slide of spherical figure.40s her work changes again enormous figures made of metal.Slides of enormous figures (3).Slides of her old (2)In her last years she came back to the formal style of the 30s.She passed away in 1975 she used to drink etc.* ConclusionAs a conclusion we can say she was 1 of the + imp artists of her time, and her success depends a great deal on her experience in life.I hope you have taken full advantage of my presentation.If you have any comments or questions you are welcome.