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Exhibition

Reproduction in Sculpture - Dilution or Increase?

Henry Moore Institute, Leeds

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Focusing on the reproductive techniques used in the manufacture of sculpture, this exhibition features work by Jacob Epstein, Alfred Gilbert and Rachel Whiteread – and sculpture where the artist has not touched the work at all.

The issues raised by reproduction in sculpture range from simple questions of technical interest to complex issues of authority, authenticity and ethics. From questions of virtue and quality to political questions relating to the availability and dissemination of knowledge.

In this exhibition the impact of the multiple and the reproduction of sculpture on the history of art is explored by Edward Allington and Ben Dhaliwal through the work of historical and contemporary artists.

Alfred Gilbert, 'Perseus Arming' 1882, (cast 1910), bronze. Courtesy Leeds Museums and Galleries. Bequeathed by Sam Wilson, 1925.

Artists in the exhibition

Edward Allington
Francesco Carradori
Francis Leggatt Chantrey
John Cheere
David Connearn
Jacob Epstein
Katharina Fritsch
Alfred Gilbert
Michael Joachin Grey
Paolo Guglielmi
Tim Head
Jeff Koons
Les Levine
Sol LeWitt
Allan McCollum
Julian Opie
Samuel Percy
Polykleitos
Caroline Russell
Georgina Starr
William Theed (the younger)
William Hamo Thornycroft
Gavin Turk
Joachim von Sandrart
Rachel Whiteread
Julia Wood
Harold James Youngman
Giacomo Zoffoli
Giovanni Zoffoli

Getting here

This exhibition took place in the Upper Sculpture Study Gallery of Leeds Art Gallery, which is curated by the Henry Moore Institute.

Leeds Art Gallery

The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AA

United Kingdom

T:  0113 378 5350
E:  art.gallery@leeds.gov.uk

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