Sculptors’ drawings and prints brings together a diverse group of modern British and contemporary sculptors to explore the vital role that works on paper play within sculptural practice. From intimate sketches and exploratory studies to finished prints and experimental compositions, the exhibition reveals how sculptors use drawing as a space for thinking, testing, and reimagining form. On paper, ideas can be developed freely, allowing artists to experiment with gesture, proportion, and structure before, alongside, or independently of their sculptural work.

For many sculptors, drawing functions as both a preparatory tool and an autonomous artistic practice. These works on paper often capture the immediacy of the artist’s thought process, tracing the evolution of forms that may later emerge in three dimensions. At the same time, prints and more resolved compositions demonstrate how the language of sculpture—its concern with mass, balance, and spatial relationships—can be translated into two-dimensional media.

Together, the works in the exhibition offer a compelling insight into the evolving language of sculptural draftsmanship. They highlight the distinctive ways in which each artist approaches line, surface, and composition, articulating ideas of form, space, and structure on paper while expanding the boundaries between drawing, printmaking, and sculpture.