Gallery Without Walls - ACE252.2

Art in transit: some bronze hares by Barry Flanagan being moved from the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, one of the largest open-air galleries in the world, to make room for an exhibition by Danish sculptor, Jorgen Sorensen. The hares and the Kouros Horse being crated up. Visitors to the park, looking at exhibits, taking tea, sketching, etc. Commentary quotes the Park’s first patron, Henry Moore, on how sculpture needs open air and light. Sculpture by Henry Moore being readied for siting. Peter Murray, Director, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, talking about the complexities of the process, and the need for the work and the landscape to complement each other. Other sculptures in the Park; Murray’s VO expanding on the need for proper space for open-air work, for it to be visible in different ways, for one work to lead on to another, for there to be a range of styles, a commitment to education. Details of several different works. School party arriving; Education Officer and teacher helping them to look at different pieces and understand the intentions of the artists. Anna Bowman, Education Officer on the integrality of the works and the landscapes in which they are sited. Pieces resulting from public sculpture workshops; children making new work.