50 Women Sculptors

How many women sculptors can you name? This book will challenge perceptions that sculpture is a male pursuit and help you to understand the work and lives of dozens of women sculptors - significant artists from the past as well as those working in the exciting and varied world of sculpture today. Featured artists Harriet Hosmer ● Edmonia Lewis ● Camille Claudel ● Barbara Hepworth ● Elisabeth Frink ● Niki de Saint Phalle ● Louise Bourgeois ● Judy Chicago ● Ruth Asawa ● Annette Messager ● Frances Loring & Florence Wyle ● Alina Szapocznikow ● Yayoi Kusama ● Rebecca Horn ● Sarah Lucas ● Rachel Whiteread ● Katharina Fritsch ● Maggi Hambling ● Cornelia Parker ● Doris Salcedo ● Senga Nengudi ● Phyllida Barlow ● Eva Hesse ● Mona Hatoum ● Anya Gallacio ● Sophie Ryder and many more contemporary women sculptors in their own words... With an overview of women making sculpture from the 1880s to today, this book explores the work of 50 extraordinary women artists who have forged a name for themselves in a male arena, as well as breaking rules, pushing boundaries and inspiring us with their visionary creations.