Rodin and Dance / Henry Moore at Tate Britain

I visited a couple of more historic/ fine art exhibitions during my stay in London.

Rodin's sculptural figures and accompanying drawings were lovely. I loved his attention to movement and form, but disregard to realism. The figures were simplified to what mattered- and that was the line of movement. The textural quality of them was particularly nice- especially when cast in bronze- something rough but so valuable. Thinking about his simplifying of figures can reflect into my work.

I noticed that I've been interested in sculpture recently. Not so much to make it (I've always been poor in that skill area) but how sculptors must absolutely concentrate on forms- whether they are dealing with realism or more likely pushing the boundaries of figures.

But I do like how big and impending a sculpture can be- even a painting of the same size would not have the same effect. That's maybe why I love Henry Moore's bigger sculptures, and how impending but gentle/ characterful they can be. I want to be ambitious in extended practice, but maybe a giant bronze cast is off the cards... just for now...