Great news for fans of great sculpture. At The Royal Academy of Arts, in London, from Oct 24 to Jan 24, is an exhibition called WILD THING featuring Epstein, Gaudier-Brzeska (see example above) and Gill. Can't wait.
If you know me well enough you know that I constantly sing the praises of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska as one of the greatest sculptors of the twentieth century; tragically killed in the 1st World War in his early twenties. If he had lived on he would have towered over his contempories Epstein and Gill; as it is he stands shoulder to shoulder with them; and as you glory at his work remember it was Ezra Pound that made sure the world knew of Henri, another reason why I have greatly admire Pound for what he did for poetry and the arts in general.
Go to this exhibition it will open your eyes like no Hirst or Emin can ever do.
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Terry Johnson's writings, poetry and musings about Ezra Pound, Wyndham Lewis, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, T.S. Eliot and other luminaries of the literary and poetry worlds across Europe, Asia and America.
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