Expressive Plaster Research

Natalie Hough
Shimon Drory Israeli artist Drory says he
Expectation likes to focus on the human
Stone figure, but several of his
1996 stone sculptures become
Accompanying quote: “And amorphous. The quote
all the expectations were contextualizes the form. This
nonsense, and all openings one makes me think of
of hope were shut” -Shmuel wringing hands, of knots in
Agnon the stomach.

Dame Barbara Hepworth Modernist sculptor Hepworth

Figure for Landscape has international renown for
Bronze her work, focusing on the
1960 nature of humanity, directly
On landscapes: “I the influenced by her
sculptor am the landscape” experiences living through
both World Wars.
“I rarely draw what I see – I
draw what I feel in my body.”
Barbara Hepworth

https://
www.thelondonmagazine.org/
i-the-sculptor-am-the-
landscape-barbara-
hepworths-roots-of-stone/
Jean Arp Arp is credited as a founder
Awakening of Dadaism, a movement
Painted Plaster famously embracing the
1938 nonsensical and bizarre, as
well as the spontaneous.
Along with Surrealists and
Modernists, they felt
elements of spontaneity and
chance offered the most
profound glimpses into
humanity.
‘I only have to move my
hands…. The forms that then
take shape offer access to
mysteries and reveal to us
the profound sources of life’
— Jean Arp

Gemma Kelly Her sculptures are cross-

The Secrets Beneath My referenced and organized by
Feet emotion, medium and setting
Clay on her website. This one
2002 appears in the collections
From the artist: It is inscribed under Outdoor, Sexuality,
internally with the mantra and Womanhood
"keep walking". “I try to translate my own
emotions and experiences
into a single ‘position’ or
‘moment’ that can convey
those feelings.” -Gemma
Kelly

Seymour Lipton Self-taught sculptor Seymore

Sentinel Lipton was inspired by
Sheet Lead Jungean symbols and the
1948 subconscious. His titles and
quotes suggest his spirituality
and Jewish faith factored
heavily into his work.