Major exhibition celebrates lauded county sculptor

by Faith Eckersall

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Dorset Museum has announced a major new exhibition of work by the renowned Dorset artist and sculptor, Dame Elisabeth Frink. Coinciding with the 30th anniversary of Dame Elisabeth’s death, the December exhibition will feature more than 80 works created by the artist, who lived and worked near Blandford. The museum, which was bequeathed a large number of Dame Elisabeth’s works, said Elisabeth Frink: A View From Within will be the first exhibition to focus on the significant body of work she produced at Woolland between 1976 and 1993.

Dorset Museum’s Elizabeth Selby said the museum was ‘thrilled’ to be able to display so many important pieces.

She said the show would explore Dame Elisabeth’s: ‘Artistic process, personal life and the profound influences that shaped her work: human conflict and our relationship with the natural world.’

Many of the exhibits, including working plasters that formed the basis of the artist’s bronze sculptures, will be on show. As well as items from the Dorset Museum collection, the exhibition will include personal papers and photographs from the Frink Archive at the Dorset History Centre. Large-scale works from Yorkshire Sculpture Park and the Ingram Collection of Modern British and Contemporary Art have also been loaned. Fans of the artist will be able to see personal items too, including a book inspired by Elisabeth Frink, written by her friend Michael Morpurgo, and a partial reconstruction of her studio. There will also be a maquette figure for the Dorset Martyrs, her 1983 work, which has become a beloved sight in Dorchester.

Elizabeth Selby described Dame Elisabeth as: “An extraordinary artist who explored what it meant to be human through her work. This exhibition will portray Frink in a more intimate light, revealing her inner world and the major themes she explored in her sculpture, prints and drawings.” More information will be released later in the year. Visit dorsetmuseum.org.uk.