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Sculpture

The work of Elisabeth Frink is ripe for a renaissance

Her reputation has been in the doldrums for too long, undermined by ubiquity, then neglect. Djanogly Gallery's new show hopes to set the record straight

21 November 2015

9:00 AM

21 November 2015

9:00 AM

In a converted barn in Dorset, not far from the rural studio where she made many of her greatest sculptures, Elisabeth Frink’s son Lin is showing me his incredible collection of his mother’s work. More than 20 years since his mother died, he’s kept the vast bulk of it together.

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Elisabeth Frink — The Presence of Sculpture is at the Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham, from 25 November to 28 February 2016.

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