Lygia Clark & Rachel Whiteread in "Breaking the Mould"

Lygia Clark and Rachel Whiteread are included in Breaking the Mould: Sculpture by Women since 1945, now on view at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. The exhibition brings together works by over 50 sculptors and is accompanied by a catalogue produced by Hayward Publishing.

Drawn from the Arts Council Collection, this survey exhibition seeks to redefine post-war British sculpture by presenting a diverse range of work by women. In 1947, the Arts Council Collection invested in its first work by a sculptor, purchasing Barbara Hepworth’s seminal hospital drawing, Reconstruction. Since then, the Collection has acquired over 250 sculptures and installations by more than 150 women, supporting an impressive range of practices across 75 years. Through an investigation of these important holdings, “Breaking the Mould” proposes a radical recalibration – a riposte to the many accounts of British sculpture that have marginalized women or airbrushed their work from the story altogether.

For more information about the exhibition, please visit the Yorkshire Sculpture Park's website.