Yorkshire Sculpture Park

last Thursday both of us took the day off (mummy doesn't teach on Thursdays now) and took the kids to YSP near Wakefield, about 1 hour drive away. I've been wanting to go there after my colleague Ruth went last year & told me about it.

the park is located in the 500 acre Bretton Estate and there are about 60 sculptures in the open air at any one time. over 3 hours, we managed to cover only 1/2 of the area and seen 1/2 of the sculptures

"The Family of Man" by Barbara Hepworth

Aluminium Structure of  "Molecules Man 1+1+1"  by Jonathan Borofsky

Wooden "Horse is a noble animal" by Marcia Farquhar

"Playground" by Greyworld UK

 "10 Seated Figures" by Magdalena Abakanowicz

 Trees from Landscape Alternative Components by David Oppenheim

 the promenade by Anthony Caro

 Sitting by Sophie Ryder. Aliyah called this "Human Rabbit"

 Spiegelei by Jem Finer

Spiegelei & Promenade with Bretton Hall on the background

seventy one steps by David Nash

 and we had lunch at the top, in the  freezing cold.

Pointed Oval - one of my favourite  sculptures by Henry Moore. the last time i saw this was at Burrell Collection/Pollok Park, Glasgow in 1990 with my friend & neighbour, Catherine who introduced me to sculptures and arty stuff

 

 

 

 

Henry Moore's Reclining Figure : Arch Leg

 Henry Moore's 3 Piece Reclining Figure

 

on the way home, we stopped in Sheffield to see Raudhah and took her out for a meal at Nando's.