Sculpture in the 20th Century

THE EVOLUTION OF SCULPTURE IN THE WEST

This autumn, the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag presents a major exhibition on the evolution of modern sculpture. Using top works by artists like Auguste Rodin, Edgar Degas, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Jean Arp, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Julio González. Henry Moore, Naum Gabo, Barbara Hepworth, Carl Andre, Donald Judd, Jean Tinguely, Louise Bourgeois and many others – all high points in Western art history – the show will reveal the main developments in European and American sculpture over the period between 1876 and 1965. From Auguste Rodin’s Call to Arms (1879) right through to Fred Sandback’s yarn sculptures, the exhibition will demonstrate sculpture’s conquest of space.

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