Scottish sculptor William Turnbull (1922–2012) spent his early career asking what art could mean in the aftermath of World War II. Origins (1946–1959) surveys the first transformative period of his practice—from wire sculptures drawn in space, to eroded bronze horses, to near-monochrome paintings approaching pure color. Moving between Paris, London, and New York, Turnbull looked to prehistoric objects for a language that could connect the ancient past to the present moment.
