"Published to accompany the exhibition Taking Shape: Finding sculpture in the decorative arts, an exhibition co-organised by the Henry Moore Institute and the J. Paul Getty Museum ... 2 October 2008 - 4 January 2009, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds; 31 March - 5 July 2009, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles"--Colophon.
Introduction to the exhibition / Martina Droth
Truth and artifice: transforming the real with sculptural form / Martina Droth
Catalogue of exhibits / Charissa Bremer-David, Martina Droth, Ian Fraser, Catherine Hess, James Lomax, Carlo Milano, Katie Scott, Marjorie Trusted, Jeffrey Weaver, Anthony Wells-Cole
1: Putting things together: pairs, sets, arrangement
2: Seeing things apart: the sculptural impact of furniture
3: Three dimensions in two: graphic fantasy and realisation
4: Temporary decorations: lasting traces
Installation views
Essays: Seeing metamorphosis in sculpture and the decorative arts / Mary D. Sheriff
Figure and ornament: notes on the late Baroque art industry / Katie Scott
The decorated flame: firedogs and the tensions of the hearth / Mimi Hellman
Integral and participatory: sculpture in support of the decorative arts / Charissa Bremer-David.
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Taking shape : finding sculpture in the decorative arts : an exhibition co-organised by the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds and the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California. ISBN 9780892369638. Published by Henry Moore Institute in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
