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Voir le diaporamaTorso
1955
90.0 x 24.0 cm
Collection du Conseil des Arts
reg butler (? – ?)
Explore Reg Butler's lifelike female sculptures & political art. Influenced by Bellmer & Jones, his works are in MoMA & Tate. Discover his legacy.
Collection du Conseil des Arts (Londres, Royaume-Uni)
Explorez l'art britannique moderne et contemporain à la Collection du Conseil des Arts ! Un « musée sans murs » présentant Bacon, Hockney & Freud grâce à des prêts et des expositions dans tout le Royaume-Uni.
Reg Butler was born in Buntingford, England. He studied at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London between 1937 and 1939. During the Second World War, Butler worked as a blacksmith - an occupation that undoubtedly encouraged him to take up sculpture. Although he received no formal training, in 1953 Butler won first prize in an international competition for a monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner. How to represent the human figure was a problem confronted by many sculptors in the aftermath of the Second World War. The human form was often shown distorted, dissected or incomplete. The solid body of this work moves away from Butler’s earlier more open forms, but the framework of rods attaching body to plinth echoes his previous linear sculptures. The nude figure became the focus of Butler’s work for the rest of his career. In this work he was not concerned with an ideal form, but with the awkward, expressive quality of a twisting body.
À propos de cette œuvre
- Titre: Torso
- Artiste: reg butler
- Année: 1955
- Dimensions originales: 90.0 x 24.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Statut du droit d'auteur: Protégé par le droit d'auteur
- Où le voir: Collection du Conseil des Arts
- Couleur dominante: White
- Intensité des couleurs: Monochromatic
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