Trained by Henry Moore, Bernard Meadows was primarily interested in using animals as vehicles for human expression, rather than the human figure itself. The choice of the crab is significant,...
Trained by Henry Moore, Bernard Meadows was primarily interested in using animals as vehicles for human expression, rather than the human figure itself. The choice of the crab is significant, as Meadows spent time observing them when based in the Cocos Islands whilst on active service with the RAF in 1944. The crab is one of the few creatures to be exoskeletal, creating for Meadows a subject that blurs the boundaries between internal and external forms.
Alan Bowness, Bernard Meadows, Sculpture and Drawings, published by The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries 1995, BM123, page 145