Internationally renowned artist brings work to Hereford Museum

Herefordshire Council’s heritage services team is bringing the work of internationally renowned Brazilian-born artist Ana Maria Pacheco to Hereford Museum.

The exhibition will run from Wednesday, November 11, until Wednesday, January 6 and includes sculpture, prints and etchings never before seen in the county, including the sculpture Man and His Sheep which will be on loan from Birmingham Museum.

The aim of the exhibition is to demonstrate the role art can play in social cohesion by contributing towards a sense of place and belonging.

Councillor Adrian Blackshaw, Herefordshire Council’s cabinet member for economic development and community service, said: “Pacheco’s background is in tune with the Eastern European communities in Herefordshire and, by bringing this exhibition to the county, we will also be allowing people to see these renowned works without the need to travel long distances,” he added.
Ana Maria Pacheco (born 1943 in Goiania, Brazil) is a Brazilian artist who works in the United Kingdom. Her work is partly inspired by the troubled period of Brazil's history, culminating in the takeover by the military junta in 1964, to which she was an eyewitness. She moved to London in 1973 to study at the Slade School of Art and from 1985 to 1989, she was Head of Fine Art at the Norwich School of Art.

Despite also being a painter and printmaker, Pacheco is best known for her multi-figure groups of sculptures carved from wood. These include Man and his Sheep at Birmingham Art Gallery and Dark Night of the Soul (1999), created during her residency at the National Gallery, London as a response to The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian by the Pollaiuolo brothers.