Ambivalence and Ambiguity: David Sylvester on Henry Moore

Part of the "Critics and Moore" section of the "Henry Moore: Sculptural Process and Public Identity" Tate research project.

David Sylvester was a prominent commentator on Moore’s work in the post-war years, producing extended critical accounts, which sometimes accompanied the exhibitions of Moore’s work he curated, and shorter reviews. As explored here, the ambiguous bodily and sexual associations of Moore’s work proved a consistent theme in his writings on the artist over a period of many decades