The World · 07

United Kingdom

Landscape, the body, sculpture and the act of looking: eight artists who changed the possibilities of British art. An editorial selection, not a ranking or a claim of unanimous agreement.

01Barbara HepworthA hole can be part of the sculpture.02Bridget RileyVision becomes an event happening in real time.03David HockneyOne viewpoint is never enough.04Francis BaconThe human figure under pressure.05Henry MooreThe human figure becomes landscape.06J.M.W. TurnerLight makes the solid world unstable.07John ConstableA familiar place deserves the scale of history.08Lucian FreudFlesh without flattery.