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Art
Hans Josephsohn

When

28 May – 26 July

Tuesdays–Saturdays (10am–6pm)

Where
Hauser & Wirth (196A Piccadilly, W1, 020.7287.2300) Tube: Green Park
Price
FREE
Details
http://www.ghw.ch/exhibitions/index.php?showone=1&exhibition_id=573
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It's impressive that figurative sculptor Hans Josephsohn is still active in his practice at age 87 — and more so that his new works are being hailed as his most ambitious to date. Hauser & Wirth London look back over the prolific career of the German-born, Zurich-based Josephsohn, who's kept a very low profile outside of Switzerland. His works reflect a similar reluctance to come forward; the sculptures on display, dating from the '50s to the present day, are silent mediations on the human form. From Egyptian-inspired symmetrical figures to primitive beings seemingly hewn from rock, Josephsohn conveys the materiality as well as the mystery of the human body.

Helen Holtom