Images of Christ: Strength in weakness

Rowena Loverance considers a sculpture by Elisabeth Frink

by Rowena Loverance 23rd November 2017

Elisabeth Frink never employed any help modelling her characteristically vigorous sculptures of men, dogs, birds and horses. When asked why she rarely worked with the female form, she replied: ‘I have focused on the male because to me he is a subtle combination of sensuality and strength with vulnerability.’