‘I the sculptor am the landscape’ - Barbara Hepworth’s Roots of Stone - The London Magazine
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‘I the sculptor am the landscape’ - Barbara Hepworth’s Roots of Stone - The London Magazine
I used to love those Barbara Hepworth sculptures made of stone with a hole pierced through. In fact, it is stone shaped round a hole. It is the hole that matters. Surrounded by stone, the hole becomes visible.
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