Barbara Hepworth, Two Forms (Divided Circle), 1969 (BH 477). Bronze, 2370 x 2340 x 543 mm. On loan from the Hepworth Estate to Downing College, Cambridge. Barbara Hepworth © Bowness Photo: Perry Hastings
BARBARA HEPWORTH: DIVIDED CIRCLE
Fri 15 November 2019 - Sun 2 February 2020
THE HEONG GALLERY
This exhibition brings together a selection of works made by Barbara Hepworth (1903–75) during the last twenty years of her life.
They have been chosen to complement her large bronze sculpture, Two Forms (Divided Circle) 1969, which stands outside the gallery. This work is on long-term loan to Downing College from the Hepworth Estate. A circular, subtly asymmetrical sculpture, it invites viewers to get closer to it, to investigate the relationships between its parts.
Works in the gallery connect with aspects of Divided Circle, including its composition, presence and associations. They also interact in different ways with the size and structure of the human form.
The varied scale of Hepworth’s works and the range of materials she used (including aluminium, copper, gold and different marbles) are noticeable from her output during these years. Painting and printmaking also offered her ways to express her ideas.
In 1969 Hepworth was sixty-six, and living and working in St Ives, Cornwall. She was a Dame of the British Empire and the Tate Gallery had held a large exhibition of her work. Some health difficulties had also featured in recent years, particularly a cancer diagnosis in 1965 and a broken femur in 1967. Rather than slowing her down, such difficulties heightened Hepworth’s drive to realise new ideas in sculpture. Her works from this late period show her continued ambition, open-mindedness, and firm sense of purpose.
Cost: FREE
Enquiries and booking
No need to book.
Enquiries: Dr Prerona Prasad Website Email: gallery@dow.cam.ac.uk Telephone: 01223 334800
Timing
12:00pm-5:00pm Wednesday-Sunday every week from Friday 15 November 2019 until Sunday 2 February 2020 (except between Friday 20 December 2019 and Friday 3 January 2020)
All times
Fri 15 November 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sat 16 November 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sun 17 November 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Wed 20 November 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Thu 21 November 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Fri 22 November 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sat 23 November 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sun 24 November 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Wed 27 November 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Thu 28 November 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Fri 29 November 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sat 30 November 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sun 1 December 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Wed 4 December 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Thu 5 December 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Fri 6 December 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sat 7 December 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sun 8 December 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Wed 11 December 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Thu 12 December 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Fri 13 December 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sat 14 December 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sun 15 December 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Wed 18 December 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Thu 19 December 2019 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sat 4 January 2020 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sun 5 January 2020 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Wed 8 January 2020 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Thu 9 January 2020 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Fri 10 January 2020 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sat 11 January 2020 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sun 12 January 2020 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Wed 15 January 2020 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Thu 16 January 2020 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Fri 17 January 2020 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sat 18 January 2020 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sun 19 January 2020 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Wed 22 January 2020 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Thu 23 January 2020 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Fri 24 January 2020 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sat 25 January 2020 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sun 26 January 2020 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Wed 29 January 2020 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Thu 30 January 2020 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Fri 31 January 2020 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sat 1 February 2020 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Sun 2 February 2020 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |