Hirst's flies join Henry Moore in sculpture show

[January 19, 2011]  LONDON (AP) -- The remains of a picnic buzzing with flies and a model of Britain's best-known war memorial form part of a major new exhibition of modern British sculpture.

The show at the Royal Academy traces developments in the art form from Edwin Lutyens's austere Cenotaph memorial for fallen World War I soldiers to Brit Art bad boy Damien Hirst's "Let's Eat Outdoors Today" -- a sealed glass box containing a barbecue, food and garden furniture covered in live flies.

The 120 works on display also include pieces by Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, Eric Gill, Anthony Caro and Kurt Schwitters.

Curator Keith Wilson said Tuesday the exhibition hoped to show how British sculpture influenced, and was influenced by, work from around the world.

It opens Saturday and runs to April 7.

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