Exhibitions | Carved, Cast and Modelled Sculpture from the Barber Collection
CARVED,CAST AND MODELLED 
Sculpture from the Barber Collection
11 February – 2 May
Spanning more than 2,000 years, the Barber’s collection of European sculpture encompasses everything from classical marbles to bronzes by Degas and Rodin – yet it is often almost overlooked.
At its core is an intriguing group of 16th- and 17th-century Italian bronzes, including fine casts after models by the great Florentine sculptor Giambologna. Other exemplary works include a very rare 14th-century French ivory casket, wonderfully carved with scenes alluding to the theme of love, and Roubiliac’s magnificent and moving terracotta bust of the great poet Alexander Pope (c.1738). There are also some fine 16th-century German polychrome wood sculptures,
and 19th-century bronzes by Barye and Dalou. This special exhibition, curated by the Barber’s Head of Collections and Learning, Robert Wenley, turns the spotlight on to this under-appreciated aspect of the Barber’s outstanding collections, and features new research into several key works. It will be complemented by a small group of sculpture-related paintings and works on paper also drawn from the Barber’s holdings.
Lunchtime Gallery talks
17 February
Carved, Cast and Modelled:
An Introduction to the Exhibition
Robert Wenley
10 March
Carved, Cast and Modelled:
A 14th-century Ivory Casket
Tamsin Foulkes
31 March
Carved, Cast and Modelled
Roubiliac: Alexander Pope
Robert Wenley
7 April
Carved, Cast and Modelled:
Della Robbia: Madonna and Child
Hannah Higham
Lunchtime Lectures
2 March
An Introduction to the Exhibition
Robert Wenley
9 March
Renaissance Terracotta Sculpture
in Birmingham Collections
Hannah Higham, PhD student,
University of Birmingham
16 March
Eduardo Paolozzi - Sculptor, Printmaker and University
Benefactor
James Hamilton, University Curator,
University of Birmingham
23 March
Horse and Rider in Renaissance
Sculpture
David Hemsoll, Department of History
of Art, University of Birmingham