Description
The traveling exhibition will feature approximately 80 ceramic works including wall reliefs, freestanding sculpture and sculptural vessels. Many of the works are from the artist's private collection, including stone carvings and maquettes that will be exhibited publicly for the first time. In addition, the exhibition will incorporate photographs of Duckworth's large scale architectural murals and site specific sculptures, and a video documenting her life's work.
Visiting Information
Credit
"Ruth Duckworth, Modernist Sculptor" is curated by Jo Lauria and Thea Burger for Art Options Foundation.
Exhibition Catalogue
This exhibition has an accompanying catalogue published by Lund Humphries Publishers. The monograph contains a critical analysis of Duckworth’s creative output over the last 50 years by co-curator Jo Lauria, a biographical essay by the British writer Tony Birks and a foreword by artist Martin Puryear.
Artists
Born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1919, Ruth Duckworth moved to England in 1936, during the rise of Nazi power.