SHAPING THE WORLD

Sculpture has been practised by every culture throughout the world and stretches back into our distant past. The first surviving sha ped stones may even predate the advent of language. Evidently, the desire to carve, mould, bend, chip away, weld, suspend, balance - to transform a vast array of materials and light into new shapes and forms - runs deep in our psyche and is a fundamental part of o ur human journey and need for expression.With more than 300 spectacular illustrations, Shaping the World juxtaposes a rich variety o f works ...[Llegir més]