Turning Forms
turning form bh concrete sculpture barbara hepworth one first public commission made festival britain one two hepworth commission festival sculpture abstract standing figure contrapuntal form harlow turning form sited school st albans since hepworth sculpture listed grade ii like sculpture festival britain contrapuntal form commissioned art council unusually turning form commissioned paid directly festival board instigation architect jane drew complement design thameside restaurant hepworth made sculpture collaboration drew unusually adopting constructivist style reminiscent work naum gabo later kinetic sculpture revolving torsion hepworth returned similar theme similarlynamed drawing held kettle yard cambridge turning firm abstract work stand inch cm high comprises twisting loop concrete painted white supported metal armature armature fabricated plymouth coated lightweight core vermiculite finished layer concrete added shaped hepworth studio st ives surface finish white snowcrete portland cement covered layer white snowcem masonry paint product blue circle sculpture exhibited outside thameside restaurant festival britain near waterloo bridge mounted motorised plinth slowly completed rotation two minute sculpture acquired hertfordshire county council time council embarked ambitious programme build new school acquired artwork decorate example cast henry moore family group display barclay academy stevenage hepworth sculpture sited st julian school marlborough science academy st albans since opening removed temporarily conservation october exhibited hepworth wakefield may november alongside contrapuntal form first time since returning school turning form sculpture outside marlborough school national heritage list england historic england turning form barbarahepworthorguk turning form barbarahepworthorguk hepworth statue marlborough academy turning form kettle’s yard cambridge unusual barbara hepworth concrete sculpture restored view wakefield may twentieth century society hepworth festival britain sculpture reunited first time year may hepworth wakefield revisiting turning form wednesday september hepworth wakefield