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A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

Robert Indiana: Sculpture, 1958–2018

Mar 12, 2022 – Jan 8, 2023
West Bretton, Wakefield WF4 4LG

It’s been replicated around the globe, that sculpture of four letters spelling LOVE. Its design is ingeniously simple: the letters, in serif type, form a square in which the L and tilted O rest atop the V and E. It is a work by the American sculptor Robert Indiana, who was born Robert Clark in New Castle, Indiana, in 1928. By the mid 50s he was in New York City, living in Lower Manhattan just blocks from other young artists—Agnes Martin, Cy Twombly, and Ellsworth Kelly (his then lover). Indiana’s bold pop images became world renowned. He died in 2018. This exhibition presents sculpture, painting, and prints from his 60-year career. —Elena Clavarino

Robert Indiana, “LOVE WALL,” 1966–2006, Morgan Art Foundation Ltd. Courtesy of Paul Kasmin, New York. Artwork: © 2022 Morgan Art Foundation Ltd/Artist’s Rights Society (ARS), NY/ DAS, London.