Large Interior Form, 1983
Henry Moore
Stanley McCormick
Memorial Court, Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue
Following his service in the military, Henry Moore
attended the Leeds College of Art, where he met and befriended Barbara
Hepworth. Both would emerge as leaders in the development of abstract sculpture
in Great Britain during the 1930s and 1940s. Moore once commented, “there are
universal shapes to which everyone is subconsciously conditioned and to which
they can respond if their conscious control does not shut them off.” Moore’s
abstract biomorphic forms invite comparisons with ancient art and forms created
by cultures outside of the “Western” tradition, such as the Mesoamerican Chac
Mool.
While his early works tended to be carved in stone and
wood, Moore later shifted to bronze, the material used to create the 16-foot
high Large Interior Form. Many of his
works feature voids, which emphasize the three-dimensionality of the sculpture
by connecting one side with the other. Moore was also influenced by the
Surrealists during the 1930s, often collecting stones, bones, twigs and shells
and using them as a point of departure for his compositions.
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