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Henry Moore Studios & Gardens reopens on 16 April with Encounters, a season of stories and events.

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Guided tour

Free exhibition tours: SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling

14:30–15:00

Sculpture Galleries

Henry Moore Institute, Leeds

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Part of SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling
A white gallery space showing many works by Roger Ackling.

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A white gallery space with a high ceiling, showing many of Roger Ackling's works.
A wedge-shaped piece of wood with horizontal lines burned into it. There is a circle of negative space in the centre, where no lines have been burned.
A white-walled gallery space, with frames mounted on the walls and display cases filled with tools, notes and photos.
Seven small wooden objects, arranged in a line on a shelf. They have all been 'decorated' with different patterns of black lines, burnt by the sun using a magnifying glass.
A large red rectangle painted on a white wall, with four wooden works by Roger Ackling hung as though they are resting on it.
Wooden works by Roger Ackling hung in a white-walled gallery space.
A square piece of dark wood with white drawing pins. A black line connects the pins in a zig-zag fashion. It has been burned into the wood using a magnifying glass and the sun.
A grey-and-yellow-painted piece of wood, with a white rectangle on top, on which are several white pins with rubber bands stretched between them.
A white gallery space showing many works by Roger Ackling.
A wooden hammer resting on top of a wooden crate. Both have been striped with burned, horizontal lines, made using a magnifying glass and the sun.
A wooded crate, leaning against a white gallery wall. It has been marked with horizontal stripes, burned into the wood using a magnifying glass and the sun.
Fourteen everyday wooden objects, including a plug, chip fork, lolly stick, and a peg, are arranged in a line on a wall. They have all been 'decorated' with different patterns of black lines, burnt by the sun using a magnifying glass.

Join us for a 30 minute introduction to SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling, led by our friendly Information Assistants.

Roger Ackling (1947-2014) consistently made objects by burning wood – focusing sunlight through the lens of a hand-held magnifying glass to scorch repeated patterns of lines on the surface.

Collecting driftwood from the beach at Weybourne near his home on the Norfolk coastline, as well as reclaimed broken and discarded materials, Ackling took little from the world to make his work and left nothing beyond a wisp of smoke in the air.

This exhibition reveals the breadth of Ackling’s practice, from his earliest experiments with a lens, to his final works.

When and where

Tours take place every Saturday and Sunday, 14:30–15:00, from 12 April to 22 June.

They’re free and there’s no need to book, just drop in and join our tour guide at the welcome desk.

Accessibility

We want to make it as easy as possible for all to attend, so please get in touch if you have any access needs that you would like to discuss before the workshop.

Accessibility

Step-free access

We have an accessible entrance via lift (doors 100cm wide) on Cookridge Street, bringing you onto the ground floor of the building.

The Sculpture Galleries are located on the ground floor, with a smooth, level floor.

Toilets

We have three gender-neutral superloos (self-contained cubicles with a toilet and sink) on the basement level, accessible by lift.

Additionally, we have one gender-neutral, accessible superloo, and one superloo with baby changing facilities.

Induction loops

There is a portable induction loop available for visitors to use in the galleries (please ask at the welcome desk).

Current exhibitions

SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling
Fourteen everyday wooden objects, including a plug, chip fork, lolly stick, and a peg, are arranged in a line on a wall. They have all been 'decorated' with different patterns of black lines, burnt by the sun using a magnifying glass.

Exhibition

SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling

Learn more

Sculpture Galleries
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Sarah Casey: Negative Mass Balance
A small circular glass disc etched with a drawing of a mountain on it in black and white. It is attached to a wall and gives a shadow underneath.

Exhibition

Sarah Casey: Negative Mass Balance

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Study Gallery
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Helen Chadwick: Artist, Researcher, Archivist
Black and white photo of a woman sat on the floor making a large-scale artwork, featuring drawings of a sheep and a many-armed figure.

Exhibition

Helen Chadwick: Artist, Researcher, Archivist

Archive Gallery
Leeds Art Gallery, UK

More events at Henry Moore Institute

SUNLIGHT: Creative Drop-In Activities
Part of SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling
Part of SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling

Drop-in activity

SUNLIGHT: Creative Drop-In Activities

Drop in any time between 10:30–12:30 and 13:30–15:30

The Studio
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Collaborative Audio Description
Large green tinged bronze sculpture square shaped with a hole through the middle, placed on grass, with rolling hills and trees in the landscape beyond
Part of Beyond the Visual
Part of Beyond the Visual

Workshop

Collaborative Audio Description

10:00–15:30

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Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Open Archive: Roger Ackling
A collection of wooden objects that have all been 'decorated' with different patterns of black lines, burnt by the sun.
Part of SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling
Part of SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling

Open archive session

Open Archive: Roger Ackling

17:30–18:30

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Sculpture Research Library
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Curator's Tour of SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling
Black and white photo of a man in a forest. He is holding a magnifying lens in one hand, pointed at a twig held in the other.
Part of SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling
Part of SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling

Guided tour

Curator's Tour of SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling

13:00–14:00 & 18:00–19:00

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Sculpture Galleries
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds

Getting here

Please note that we’re closed on Mondays and bank holidays, including Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

Henry Moore Institute

74 The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AH
United Kingdom

T:  01132 467 467
E:  institute@henry-moore.org

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A three-story building with a black granite facade and steps leading up. Vinyl lettering on the facade reads: SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling.