Screw the Tate Britain - if you're really serious about British sculptors, make your way to Zürich in Switzerland because that's where you'll fine the exhibition Works on Paper from the Henry Moore Family Collection.

English artist Henry Moore (1898 – 1986) was probably most famous for his sculptures. However, the coming exhibition with collected works from his whole career covers, as the name of the exhibition reveals, his paper works. Henry's drawings are combinations of landscape and human shapes.

With mixed media, Henry created 2D shapes in successful attempts to bring his drawings to life. The exhibition aims to cover the development of Henry's artistic ambitions during six decades (60 years!). That, to me, sounds pretty cool.

Although he made a lot of acclaimed sculptures (such as his Chac Mool figures in Mexico and Italy) he thought that “drawing from life keeps one visually fit – perhaps acts like water to a plant – and it lessens the danger of repeating oneself and getting into a formula.” Considering that Henry lived for nearly 90 years, maybe his art made him physically fit as well.



Works on Paper from the Henry Moore Family Collection

27 March – 29 May

Hauser & Wirth Zürich

Limmatstrasse 270

Ch–8031 Zürich
 

All images: © The Henry Moore Foundation Courtesy Henry Moore Family Collection and Hauser & Wirth