A lecture by Oxford Castle Ltd Director, Andrew Ryan
Oxford Castle was a prison in the heart of Oxford it has since been reintergrated into the city fabric. Andrew Ryan's lecture took us through the complicated nature of such a process
Inspiration
Ever since visiting the Moore exhibition at Kew and helping a friend with a fine art dissertation on the arte poverre I've felt inspired. Artists work that I enjoyed and forgotten about have come back to me, all of a sudden I feel creative again. Yey for focus week!
Anselm Kiefer - Book with Wings
Alberto Burri - Sacking and Red
Moore at Kew
Whilst studying sculpture at Sixth Form Henry Moore became a real inspiration to me from his drawing style right through to his sculpture and philosophies. So to see his works in the open at Kew Gardens was quite a treat.
The forms, scale, texture and colour of the work can not be truly experienced until you are stood next to it. Sculpture is about the three dimensional environment the ability not only to see a piece but to place your hand upon is what separates this subject from other branches of arts.
The space in which an object is placed also radically alters our perception of it. I feel that Moore's work sits much better in the landscape because of its earthly qualities so I would heartily recommend seeing this exhibition whilst its still on, if not Yorkshire Sculpture Park also houses an impressive Moore collection.
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