In 1976, Henry Moore donated work to the Art Gallery of Ontario which started the existence of The Sculpture Centre. Since then, the collection of work has totaled to around 900 sculptures, drawings and over pieces of art.
When walking around the gallery I was not expecting to stumble into his work but it a lovely surprise. The sculpture centre is full of his works. As you enter, your eyes automatically journey around the room taking in the sculptures. Each piece of work is raised on a platform so they are at eye level for the audience. The positioning of the art is so important. The eye level positioning of the work empathising the size of the work. If it was on ground level, the work would look smaller so by having it at eye level the audience can almost compare themselves to the size of the work.
Throughout his career, Moore was inspired by two things: the mother and child and the Chacmool. The mother and child is the idea of combining Christina imagery with the humanity of African art. The mother and child is a concept explored a few artists and professors. Hebert M. Cole is once of the professors who explored the concept during his doctoral dissertation.
I am so glad to have stumbled across his work whilst in Canada and was able to experience it in real life. I have attended exhibitions with his work before but, never have I had the opportunity to experience over one hundred pieces of his in the same exhibition.
Nina's Art Space 