Paul Kasmin Gallery opened an exhibition of sculpture by Barry Flanagan (1941 - 2009). The presentation, on view between April - June, 2018, brings together a selection of the artist’s iconic bronze hares from the 1980s - 1990s alongside his lesser-known works made with rope, sand, cloth, stone, ceramics and light as a sculptural component (largely from the 1960s - 1970s). A series of small paper collages, drawings, prints and film are also included. The exhibition, curated by Dr Jo Melvin, offers new insights into the interconnectedness of seemingly distinct periods of Flanagan’s 40-year career, demonstrating an ongoing experimentation with materials and their properties and a symbiosis between abstraction and figuration. It challenges the supposition that
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