Henry Moore Sculptures

Digging deeper into the meaning of Henry Moors sculptures Moors sculptures are exhibited all around the world. In Moors homeland, the sculptures are exhibited in Eke Botanical Gardens, the natural surroundings of the gardens compliment the sculptures. It feels as if the sculptures are different during the different time of the day. In the morning, when the sculptures are wrapped in mist, or during midday when the blue sky and sunshine makes them shine, or in the evening, when the sculptures absorb the red evening sun.All these different interpretations and perspectives would not be possible to see if the sculptures were in a museum, where no natural light would compliment the sculptures. Moore always manages to draw a connection amongst the sculptures and the landscape. For example, in the following picture, there is a hole in the sculpture, and when you look through there is an copiousness of green, if there was a white wall behind it, the sculpture would not be as impressive. P ersonally, I love the fact that the sculpture is almost one with nature, it really blends into the surroundings.The three main themes around Moors break away were the reclining figure, the mother- child relationship and the embryo-like internal-external forms idea. Moore was influenced by constructivism and surrealism, this is pulled through by the biomorphic forms that Moore produced and also suggested how the human figure could be break up into simple, essential forms. Many of Moors sculptures have holes in them, either in the middle or symmetrically. To me it seems like the shapes make love from the hollow space in the