@ Estate of Elisabeth Frink, 2017.
DAME ELISABETH FRINK Larger Than Life
Sat 4 November 2017 - Sun 4 February 2018
The Heong Gallery at Downing College
The HEONG GALLERY PRESENTS WORKS FROM a major PRIVATE COLLECTION OF elisabeth FRINK’S WORK
4 NOVEMBER 2017-6 FEBRUARY 2018
Dame Elisabeth Frink (1930-1993) was an English sculptor and printmaker who became a household name. Her monumental bronzes typified the anxieties of an age. Instantly recognised for their power and prescience, Frink’s works began to be collected by institutions such as the Tate even before she completed her studies at the Chelsea School of Art in 1953. Her public acclaim was based not only on inclusion in museum collections, but also on commissions for public and religious spaces (Coventry Cathedral, Manchester Airport, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, Salisbury Cathedral, Liverpool Anglican Cathedral and others) and works installed in the grounds of country estates (notably, Ragley Hall, Chatsworth and Sherborne House).
Larger Than Life is the first major showing of Frink’s works in East Anglia since her death and includes works from a leading private collection. A daughter of the region, her first representations of warlike figures and the horrors of conflict date from her adolescence spent beside a military airfield in Suffolk during much of the Second World War. As a counterpoint to the works in the collection, Frink’s lifelong engagement with religious sculpture is represented by the larger-than-life Walking Madonna (1981), on loan from the Ingram Collection.
Exhibition design is by Caruso St John Architects.
Cost: Free
Enquiries and booking
No need to book.
Enquiries: Prerona Prasad Email: gallery@dow.cam.ac.uk Telephone: 01223334800
Timing
12:00pm-5:00pm Friday and Sunday every week from Saturday 4 November 2017 until Tuesday 6 February 2018 (except between Thursday 21 December 2017 and Tuesday 2 January 2018)
12:00pm-8:00pm Wednesday every week from Saturday 4 November 2017 until Friday 2 February 2018 (except between Thursday 21 December 2017 and Tuesday 2 January 2018)
10:00am-6:00pm Saturday every week from Saturday 4 November 2017 until Tuesday 6 February 2018 (except between Thursday 21 December 2017 and Tuesday 2 January 2018)
All times
Sat 4 November 2017 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 5 November 2017 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Wed 8 November 2017 | 12:00PM - 8:00PM |
Fri 10 November 2017 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sat 11 November 2017 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 12 November 2017 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Wed 15 November 2017 | 12:00PM - 8:00PM |
Fri 17 November 2017 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sat 18 November 2017 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 19 November 2017 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Wed 22 November 2017 | 12:00PM - 8:00PM |
Fri 24 November 2017 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sat 25 November 2017 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 26 November 2017 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Wed 29 November 2017 | 12:00PM - 8:00PM |
Fri 1 December 2017 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sat 2 December 2017 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 3 December 2017 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Wed 6 December 2017 | 12:00PM - 8:00PM |
Fri 8 December 2017 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sat 9 December 2017 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 10 December 2017 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Wed 13 December 2017 | 12:00PM - 8:00PM |
Fri 15 December 2017 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sat 16 December 2017 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 17 December 2017 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Wed 20 December 2017 | 12:00PM - 8:00PM |
Wed 3 January 2018 | 12:00PM - 8:00PM |
Fri 5 January 2018 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sat 6 January 2018 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 7 January 2018 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Wed 10 January 2018 | 12:00PM - 8:00PM |
Fri 12 January 2018 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sat 13 January 2018 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 14 January 2018 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Wed 17 January 2018 | 12:00PM - 8:00PM |
Fri 19 January 2018 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sat 20 January 2018 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 21 January 2018 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Wed 24 January 2018 | 12:00PM - 8:00PM |
Fri 26 January 2018 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sat 27 January 2018 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 28 January 2018 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Wed 31 January 2018 | 12:00PM - 8:00PM |
Fri 2 February 2018 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sat 3 February 2018 | 10:00AM - 6:00PM |
Sun 4 February 2018 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |