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is an abstract work which stands 84 inches (210 cm) high. It comprises twisting loops of concrete, painted white, supported by a metal armature. The armature was fabricated in Plymouth and coated with a lightweight core of
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then finished with layers of concrete added and shaped by Hepworth at her studio in St Ives. The surface finish is a white "Snowcrete"
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The sculpture was exhibited outside the Thameside Restaurant at the Festival of Britain in 1951, near
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was commissioned and paid for directly by the Festival board, at the instigation of the architect
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Unusual Barbara Hepworth concrete sculpture restored and to be on view in Wakefield, 13 May 2021
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Hepworth's Festival of Britain Sculptures Reunited for the First Time in 70 Years, 19 May 2021
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It was removed temporarily for conservation in October 2000, and then exhibited at the
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in Stevenage. Hepworth's sculpture has been sited at St Julian's School, now
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for the first time since 1951, before returning to the school.
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Revisiting Turning Forms, Wednesday 22 September 2021
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Barbara Hepworth
Festival of Britain
Contrapuntal Forms
St Albans
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Arts Council
Jane Drew
Thameside Restaurant
Constructivist
Naum Gabo
kinetic sculpture
Revolving Torsion
Kettle's Yard
vermiculite
Portland cement
masonry paint
Blue Circle
Waterloo Bridge
Hertfordshire County Council
Henry Moore
Family Group
Barclay Academy
The Marlborough Science Academy

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