Against Nature, now open at the Henry Moore Institute, explores an extraordinary collection of hybrid sculptures, made over the last 100 years, ranging from mythical centaurs to the modernist monsters which haunted the imagination of a post Darwinian age. The galleries will be filled with fantastical combinations of animal, vegetable and human creatures by some of the foremost sculptors of the 20th century including Louise Bourgeois, Max Ernst and Jacob Epstein.
Language
English
Pages
96
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Henry Moore Institute
Release
February 25, 2008
ISBN
1905462182
ISBN 13
9781905462186
Against Nature: The Hybrid Forms of Modern Sculpture
Against Nature, now open at the Henry Moore Institute, explores an extraordinary collection of hybrid sculptures, made over the last 100 years, ranging from mythical centaurs to the modernist monsters which haunted the imagination of a post Darwinian age. The galleries will be filled with fantastical combinations of animal, vegetable and human creatures by some of the foremost sculptors of the 20th century including Louise Bourgeois, Max Ernst and Jacob Epstein.