I walked to the Tate Britain this morning to see the new Henry Moore exhibition.
I remembered seeing a sculpture of his when I visited San Francisco a few years ago, so I was interested to learn moore (ha!) about him.
One piece I really liked was the “Reclining Figure” because he had made the shape of the head, breasts and shoulders by following the grain of the wood, as if that shape was already inside the piece of wood he chose. As the Financial Times said it embodies ”Moore’s belief in the oneness of man and nature.”
Overall I really enjoyed the exhibition. I would recommend getting the audio guide (£3.50) if you aren’t familiar with him and his work already since there isn’t much info about that on the walls and it drowns out the background noise (it was very busy today). The other thing worth doing is combining your ticket with one for the Chris Ofili exhibition (£16 for both)
