Following the enormous success of the exhibition, ‘Presence: The figure in British postwar and contemporary sculpture’ at Messums West, a curated selection of nine of the artworks included in the show will now tour for a limited time to Messums London. These exceptional sculptures will join the exhibition of John Walker’s paintings, on display in the Cork Street gallery until 5th October, presenting a stimulating juxtaposition between Walker’s abstract works on paper and canvas, and the figurative bronzes of sculptors, Henry Moore, Reg Butler, Lynn Chadwick, Kenneth Armitage, William Turnbull and Elisabeth Frink – artists who achieved international stardom in the late 20th century and created a culture of formal innovation that was further developed by a younger generation of British artists, including Walker, whose pioneering work has placed him at the heart of the global dialogue around abstraction in the last 50 years.
The exhibition is a rare opportunity to view museum quality works of postwar British sculpture in a London gallery.