Artists’ Selection: Fifteen Important Sculptures

Evening Lecture

18 March 2011

In the Reynolds Room, a John Madejski Fine Room

Dame Barbara Hepworth, 'Single form (Memorial)', October 1961. Photo Roy Fox © Bowness, Hepworth Estate Three generations of sculptors - Phillip King CBE PPRA, Phyllida Barlow and Brian Griffiths - nominate and debate their choices for the five most vital and significant sculptures worldwide in this lively discussion.

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Chosen Works
Phyllida Barlow: Pablo Picasso, 'Glass of Absinthe', 1914; Gordon Matta-Clark, 'Day's End', 1975; Louise Bourgeois, 'Blind Leading the Blind', 1947-49; Eva Hesse, 'Contingent', 1969; Paleolithic Handprint, c.12,000 BCE, Caves at El Castillo, Santander
Brian Griffiths: Peter Fischli and David Weiss, 'Suddenly This Overview', 1981; Sarah Lucas, 'Au Naturel', 1994; Vincent Fecteau, 'Untitled', 2010; Jeff Koons, 'Balloon Dog (Red)', 1994-2000; Mike Kelley, 'Arena #10 (Dogs)', 1990
Phillip King: Auguste Rodin, 'Eve', 1880-1881; Artemision Bronze (poseidon or Zeus), ca. 460 BCE; Constantin Brancusi, 'Endless Column', 1938; Marcel Duchamp, 'In Advance of the Broken Arm', 1964 (after original of 1915); Michelangelo, 'Pieta Rondanini (unfinished), 1564

• Royal Academy of Arts