Eva Rothschild has earned a reputation as one of the United Kingdoms’s leading sculptors. Important recent projects include presenting Cold Corners within the Duveens Commission Series at Tate Britain and having the inaugural exhibition Hot Touch at The Hepworth Wakefield

A major concern in Rothschild’s work is how objects have meaning that transcends their material. In both her two and three dimensional work the artist employs a diverse range of materials, including wood, aluminium, Perspex and leather, which she combines with formal sculptural practices to create work charged with an unsettling energy. Her families of works vary from stark, minimalist constructions, to sculptures that suggest the human figure, but all are distinctly her own. Colour also plays an important role in Rothschild’s work: her two-dimensional and wall works carefully weave together richly coloured posters and photographs, or use fluorescent colours on stark, black backgrounds to kaleidoscopic effect, a practice that is reflected in YSP sculpture, Someone and Someone.

Someone and Someone demonstrates the artist’s adept use of material and form. Although simple in design and construction, the work gives the impression of life and movement. The colourful accents catch the eye and help the viewer pick out and retain the image against the landscape.

Other sculptures in this body of work include Good Times (2009) which the artist has developed into a graphic image featuring on millions of Pocket Tube maps for a 2011 Art on the Underground commission.