A LOOK AT HENRY MOORE’S SCULPTURE
Since the earliest times, man has had the
need and the opportunity to sculpt, at first they did it
with the easiest materials to get and work: mud and
wood, but later they were learning to work materials
such as stone and metals, this experimentation and
search for new materials and sculptural techniques
have lasted until the actuality. Walking through the
Art Gallery of Ontario with my son the sculpture
showed in Figure 1 calls my attention. It is
inevitable to know that Henry Moore is the artist
behind it. However, the title is unknown for me I will call “Tiredness and hope” because
the person is in a tired position but with his body upright and his face raised looking
towards the horizon. What is she dreaming about it? Is she a mother? On my first
glance, it was not clear if it was a woman or a man. His height and thick hands looked
like a man's. However, the breasts made clear to me that it was a woman. The sculpture
of approximately two meters high is made of a plaster cast.
Now once, I have read the label of the piece the title given by Henry Moore is
“Draped Seated Woman”. It is different; the title is very simple. The artwork is amazing
and the piece of art allows the critic to ask a lot of questions but the title is not creative,
the title mentions characteristics that are seen in the sculpture. The artwork was
donated by the artist in 1974 and indeed it is made in a plaster cast. Henry Moore,
considered one of the great artists of the century, had a random life, which even led him
Figure 1. Tiredness and hope
