Leila Heller Gallery is pleased to present Richard Hudson at Masterpiece London 2015 June 25 – July 1, 2015

Eve, 2010, Polished mirrored steel, H: 98.4 in / 250 cm, Edition 2 of 3 – Courtesy of Sotheby’s

“Whatever my materials, bronze, polished mirrored steel, marble, or wood, I want viewers to walk around my work, see the irony and the inviting, tactile surfaces, then walk away with a thousand thoughts.”– Richard Hudson

Leila Heller Gallery is pleased to announce that Richard Hudson’s monumental sculptures Adam (2011) and Eve (2010) will be on view at the main entrance of Masterpiece London 2015. This display will be the first time that both sculptures have been exhibited together.

A prolific artist, Hudson creates partially abstracted re-inventions of familiar sculptural tropes. Hudson’s hands-on relationship with his diverse materials – most often marble, wood, steel or bronze – produces organic, polished work that is at once timeless and contemporary. Exploring the canon of Western sculpture and changing approaches to beauty, Hudson’s smooth and sensual sculptures concern not only the fields of art and art history but also psychology, anthropology and philosophy. Hudson’s sculptures, which range in size from miniature to monumental, employ exaggeration and even humor to veil underlying essences of form and beauty.

Drawing inspiration from sculptors such as Henry Moore, Jean Arp and Constantin Brancusi, Hudson’s refined and dynamic work is frequently emblematic of the human figure. His free imaginations of form, often executed in reflective surfaces that create surreal images of the surrounding environment, frequently hint at interpretation through their titles alone. His sculptures often connote female power, femininity and fertility.
Adam & Eve will invite Masterpiece visitors to contemplate creation of the universe and mankind itself within the grand surroundings of The Royal Hospital Chelsea on Royal Hospital Road.