21.02.2012 - 10.05.2012

Henry Moore and the Classic Canon of Modern Sculpture

The Kremlin museums' exhibition halls - the Assumption Belfry and One-Pillar Chamber of the Patriarch's Palace - host a specially selected exhibition dedicated to a legendary British artist of the XXth century Henry Moore. His works are being preserved in the world’s largest museums and his monumental sculptures are located around the world as public works of art. The exhibition is to give a retrospective of the Moore's career and oeuvre, from his early carvings in stone, wood and marble, to experiments into biomorphic surrealism in the 1930s, investigations into constructivism, abstract and figurative sculptures from the 1980s. The display also includes a remarkable collection of Moor’s graphics and drawings as well as fabrics tapestries, crafted according to his designs.