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pietra (stone) selecta (chosen) / classical foundations to contemporary investment
Helen Clarke, Twelve Roots, 2023. Bronze. Upturned roots arranged like a henge, marking time through agrarian cycles.

Winner of Chanel Next Prize commission, RCA Sculpture MA 2023.

#sculpture #HelenClarke #bronze
January 6, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Giuseppe Penone, *Sculture di linfa*, 2005-2007. Carrara marble walls, leather holding bark's memory, resin flowing through carved wood.| @gagosiangallery.bsky.social

#sculpture #GiuseppePenone #ArtePovera
January 6, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Barbara Hepworth, The Family of Man, 1970. Bronze. Nine figures rising from Yorkshire hillside like ancient menhirs. Yorkshire a sculpture Park holds the only complete set in Europe.

#sculpture #BarbaraHepworth #ModernSculpture
January 5, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, The Rape of Proserpina, 1621-1622. Carrara marble; Pluto's fingers pressing into yielding flesh. Striking.

#sculpture #Bernini #BaroqueSculpture
January 4, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Berlinde De Bruyckere, from "A simple prophecy," Hauser & Wirth Zurich, 2023. Bronze, lead, wax—cowled figures bearing witness.

#sculpture #BerlindeDeBruyckere #ContemporarySculpture
January 3, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Constantin Brâncuși, Bird in Space, 1923. Marble polished to pure abstraction, capturing essence of flight.

#sculpture #Brancusi #ModernSculpture
January 2, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Phoenician carved shell (Tridacna), 700-600 BC. A woman’s head carved from the umbo, the windblown shell becoming her cloak.

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#sculpture #Phoenician #AncientArt
January 2, 2026 at 7:31 PM