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Our open-air collection comprises long and short term loans, gifts from artists and individuals and site-specific commissions. There are always around 100 sculptures and installations to discover in the open air.

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Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads

In celebration of our 40th anniversary in spring 2017, we welcomed Ai Weiwei's Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads (2010), a dramatic group of 12 bronze animal heads that has been on a worldwide tour...

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Alfredo Jaar: The Garden of Good and Evil

The Garden of Good and Evil was commissioned to coincide with the major exhibition of the same name at YSP in 2017 by Chilean-born artist Alfredo Jaar.

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Amar Kanwar: Six Mourners and The One Alone

As a part of Kanwar's 2013 exhibition, he was commissioned by YSP to create sculptural forms outdoors, for which he used timber from the 19th century Chapel organ that was dismantled due to...

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Andy Goldsworthy: Hanging Trees

When developing his ideas for Hanging Trees, Andy Goldsworthy intended that the works ‘be about those things we do not see – that demand a physical engagement of the...

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Andy Goldsworthy: Outclosure

Dry stone walls are a significant, traditional feature of the farmed landscape, particularly in northern Britain. They are evidence of human control of the land and walls...

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Andy Goldsworthy: Peter's Fold

Peter's Fold is a permanent outdoor artwork by Andy Goldsworthy OBE to mark the retirement of Founding Director Sir Peter Murray CBE, who was Knighted in 2022 for his contribution to culture.

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Andy Goldsworthy: Shadow Stone Fold

Sheepfolds are used to gather animals for stock management and are common across Britain. Following on from projects in Scotland and Cumbria in which Goldsworthy worked with...

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Anthony Caro: Dream City

Sir Anthony Caro (1924–2013) is a major figure in British abstract sculpture and is widely recognised as one of the most innovative 20th-century sculptors.

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Anthony Caro: Promenade

Promenade, 1996 was created for the Tuileries Gardens in Paris and takes its name from the historical fashion for walking in public places to meet, or be seen by, others. The shape of this sculpture...

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Anya Gallaccio: Blessed

Scottish-born artist Anya Gallaccio is known for her work with organic matter. In reflection on the consumerist culture of the day, her site-specific installations involve the natural decay of...

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Barbara Hepworth: Squares with Two Circles

Hepworth was keen for her work to be experienced in the open air, which developed into a lifelong passion. She famously wrote that her work should be ‘allowed to breathe’...

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Barbara Hepworth: The Family of Man

The Family of Man (1970) is a beautiful representation of figures in the landscape and is one of the last major works Hepworth completed before her death.

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Brian Fell: Ha-Ha Bridge

In creating Ha-ha Bridge for YSP, Fell has provided an elegant design with new levels of meaning.

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Bruce Beasley: Advocate IV

Advocate IV is formed from intercepting cubes positioned to create a precariously balanced tower. Beasley compares the individual blocks of the sculpture to individual notes of a musical composition...

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Caroline Locke: The Frequency of Trees

This work has been temporarily removed from display for maintenance.

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David Nash: Seventy-one Steps

A strong relationship between the artist and YSP was established during various residencies years and in 2010 David Nash returned to YSP for what he described as the most important project...

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David Nash: 49 Square

David Nash created two new works made in December 2013 to overlook the Park’s historic lakes.

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David Nash: Barnsley Lump

During his YSP residency in 1981-82, Nash made a series of site generated works, some of which were temporary in nature and some that still remain at YSP 40 years later.

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David Nash: Black Mound

David Nash created two new works made December 2013 to overlook the Park’s historic lakes.

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David Nash: Three Stones for Three Trees

During his YSP residency in 1981-82, Nash made a series of site generated works, some of which were temporary in nature and some that still remain at YSP 40 years later.

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Dennis Oppenheim: Trees: From Alternative Landscape Components

As with much of Oppenheim's earlier work, Trees: From Alternative Landscape Components act as a dialogue, this time between the natural and artificial landscape and as a comment on the...

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Dillan Marsh and Eleanor Clare: The Poacher’s Lament & Other Half Heard Tales

2018 visiting artists, Dillan Marsh and Eleanor Clare, returned to YSP in 2019 to showcase a project that explores the connections between real and imaginative spaces, inspired by the history of the...

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Edward Allington: From the Sex of Metals III and From the Sex of Metals IV

Edward Allington made a series of four sculptures called From the Sex of Metals in response to a question from art critic Stuart Morgan as to what sex his sculptures were to be read as. The...

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Elisabeth Frink: First Man

Elisabeth Frink was a leading figure in British sculpture. She was part of the post-war group of British sculptors, which included Kenneth Armitage and Eduardo Paolozzi, who became known as...

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Elisabeth Frink: Protomartyr

Conflict and oppression, alongside compassion, faith and spiritual strength are common themes in the work of Elisabeth Frink (1930-93). The horrors of the Second World War had a lasting impact on...

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Elisabeth Frink: Standing Man

Sculptures such as Standing Man illustrate Frink’s appreciation of the male figure for its potency and strength, whilst also convey her ability to communicate the complexity of...

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Gary Hume: Snowman, Two Balls Twinkle White

“I’ve always tried to make sculptures and I’m not as relaxed with it as I am with painting... I decided to go and make snowmen and dye them up in Yorkshire... and then I decided to...

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Gavin Turk: Oeuvre (Verdigris)

British artist Gavin Turk rose to prominence in the early 1990s. Turk studied at the Royal College of Art, London, where he was denied his post–graduate qualification because his degree show...

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Giuseppe Penone: Idee di pietra – Olmo

Idee di pietra – Olmo (2008) was part of A Tree in the Wood, an exhibition in YSP’s light-filled Underground Gallery and across the historic landscape.

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Grenville Davey: Well

Well is based on the shape of a drinks can and relates to Pop Art, made famous by Andy Warhol in the 1960s.

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Heather Peak and Ivan Morison: Silence – Alone in a World of Wounds

On World Environment Day 2021, the Oak Project launched its first artist commission hosted at YSP by Heather Peak and Ivan Morison.

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Hemali Bhuta: Speed Breakers

Hemali Bhuta was Creative India Visiting Artist at YSP during the summer of 2012. As Bhuta spent time walking around the Bretton Estate, she became especially drawn to the trees...

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Henry Moore: Large Spindle Piece

“When I was very young… I was taken to see a celebrated natural rock formation at Adel in Leeds. Looking back, I can now see that this was a crucial and potently formative experience from...

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Henry Moore: Large Totem Head

Large Totem Head is an upright bronze sculpture with a smooth curved back and a concave front bisected down the centre. This feature highlights the symmetrical qualities of the sculpture, which...

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Henry Moore: Large Two Forms

Yorkshire Sculpture Park is excited to introduce several works to the open-air galleries this season, starting with the welcome return of the monumental bronze Large Two Forms by Henry Moore.

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Henry Moore: Reclining Figure: Arch Leg

Reclining Figure: Arch Leg forms part of Moore’s Reclining Figure series that he began in the 1950s, and returned back to again and again throughout his life

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Henry Moore: Three Piece Reclining Figure No. 1

Three Piece Reclining Figure No.1 forms part of Moore’s Reclining Figure series that he began in the 1950s, and returned back to again and again throughout his life. 

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Henry Moore: Upright Motives No. 1 (Glenkiln Cross); No. 2; No. 7

Moore was the first patron of YSP and expressed a strong wish to site his work in the Country Park during a visit in 1979.

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Hilary Jack: No Borders

No Borders (2018) is a white neon text work by Hilary Jack that reads NO BORDERS JUST HORIZONS ONLY FREEDOM. These are the words of Amelia Earhart (b.1897; missing presumed dead 1937), the pioneering...

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Idit Nathan and Helen Stratford: Further Afield

Play is democratic, free, unpredictable, non-hierarchical, in fact it is a sublime common denominator. We all played, at least once upon a time and it is easy to re-learn, re-call, re-member play....

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James Turrell: Deer Shelter Skyspace

In 2006, The Art Fund, the UK's leading art charity, commissioned a permanent Skyspace by James Turrell at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. This was the first contemporary commission for The...

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Jaume Plensa: Wilsis

Wilsis belongs to a series of portrait heads by Jaume Plensa, depicting young girls from around the world, with their eyes closed in a dreamlike state of contemplation. At over seven meters high, the...

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Jaume Plensa: Wonderland

Jaume Plensa is an internationally renowned Catalan artist, who has exhibited in museums and galleries across the world, and is particularly known for his innovative and pioneering projects...

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Jem Finer: Longplayer

 is a 1000-year-long musical composition. It began playing at midnight on 31 December 1999, and will continue to play without repetition until the last moment of 2999, at which point it will...

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Joan Miró: Figure

“It is in sculpture that I will create a truly phantasmagoric world of living monsters; what I do in painting is more conventional."  

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Joan Miró: Tête de femme (Déesse)

“It is in sculpture that I will create a truly phantasmagoric world of living monsters; what I do in painting is more conventional."

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Joao Vasco Paiva: Standard Kitchen

João Vasco Paiva is a Portuguese contemporary artist, who moved to Hong Kong in 2006 to complete his postgraduate degree in Creative Media. His work reflects urban environments and contemporary...

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JocJonJosch: Eddy

The Anglo-Swiss-Slovakian collective JocJonJosch comprises Joc Marchington (b. 1976 UK), Jonathan Brantschen (b. 1981 Switzerland) and Joschi Herczeg (b. 1975 Slovakia).

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Jonathan Borofsky: Molecule Man 1+1+1

Jonathan Borofsky has said that the key word to describe his sculpture is archetypal; the figure does not represent one particular human being, but man in general.

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Jørgen Haugen Sørensen: Supplement til Titlens Afskaffelse

Supplement til Titlens Afskaffelse, 2010 embodies Haugen Sørensen’s respect for and relationship with granite.   

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Kalliopi Lemos: Bag of Aspirations

Bag of Aspirations is a vastly scaled-up version of the famous Birkin handbag made by French fashion house Hermès. This expensive and highly sought-after bag has become associated with luxury...

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Kate Daudy & Kostya Novoselov: ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS STAY

ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS STAY was created for the exhibition WONDERCHAOS in the Bothy Gallery and Open Air in 2021.

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Katrina Palmer: The Coffin Jump

As part of 14-18 NOW, the UK's arts programme for the First World War centenary, we're pleased to present Katrina Palmer’s The Coffin Jump, inspired by the role of women in the...

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Kenny Hunter: Bonfire

Kenny Hunter’s work explores popular culture through the legacy of a darker history that shapes contemporary life. He often presents humble or everyday subject matter as...

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Kimsooja – A Needle Woman: Galaxy was a Memory, Earth is a Souvenir

South Korean artist Kimsooja has a practice that references and takes inspiration from traditional forms of female labour and craft, such as sewing and weaving, to investigate the role of...

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Leiko Ikemura: Usagi Kannon II

Born in 1951 in Tsu, Japan, Leiko Ikemura combines characteristics of European and Japanese art across drawing, painting and sculpture. Ikemura studied painting at the Academia de Bellas Artes in...

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Leo Fitzmaurice: Arcadia

Arcadia (2007), consists of four signs in different locations at YSP, with different characteristics, ranging from the entry point to the expanses of Lower Park. 

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Leo Fitzmaurice: Litter

Highlighting the excessive debris and waste discarded on a daily basis, Litter by Leo Fitzmaurice is a playful interpretation of rubbish bags with their handles tied in such a way that...

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Lucy + Jorge Orta: Diana

In their artwork, Lucy + Jorge Orta confront some of the 21st century’s most important issues including biodiversity, environmental sustainability and climate change. 

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Lucy + Jorge Orta: Gazing Ball

Gazing Ball (2018) was originally commissioned for an exhibition called Folly! at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Water Garden in North Yorkshire. New outdoor artworks were made by a number of...

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Marc Quinn: Wilder Shores of Desire

Quinn’s work explores the relationship between art, nature and science, the human body and the perception of beauty. 

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Marialuisa Tadei : Night and Day

Night and Day (2009) is a key example of Tadei’s use of mosaic to elevate tangible forms into a more ethereal realm.

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Marialuisa Tadei: Octopus

Octopus (Polipo) 2011 is a key example of Tadei’s use of mosaic to elevate tangible forms into a more ethereal realm.

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Masayuki Koorida

Masayuki Koorida was born in Kyoto, Japan in 1960 and studied at Musashino Art University in Tokyo between 1979 and 1983. Since 2006 he has been the Director of the Shanghai Sculpture Park, where he...

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Mikayel Ohanjanyan: Diario

Mikayel Ohanjanyan’s work is grounded in his interest in humanity, in particular the uniqueness of an individual and the relationships we share with each other. Inspired by our inner and outer...

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Nigel Hall: Crossing (Horizontal)

Nigel Hall has refined a practice over forty years that is primarily concerned with enclosing and occupying space, light and shadow, through carefully considered and elegant lines.

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Niki de Saint Phalle: Buddha

A self-taught artist, Saint Phalle first came to critical attention through her work with the Nouveau Réalisme group and her Shooting Paintings. Part performance, part painting, the viewer was...

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Peter Randall-Page: Envelope of Pulsation (For Leo)

Envelope of Pulsation (For Leo) is carved from the granite of Blackenstone Quarry in Dartmore, Devon, and was made from the largest single block quarried from the site. It is a dedication to...

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Phyllida Barlow: Untitled:squatboulder, 2014; Untitled:triplestackboulders

British sculptor Phyllida Barlow has exhibited widely both nationally and internationally, and represents Britain in the 2017 Venice Biennale. Alongside her artistic practice, she has had an important...

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Ro Robertson: Stone (Butch)

Ro Robertson’s Stone (Butch) (2021) is part of a body of works exploring the terrain of the queer body in the landscape and was created by plaster casting directly in crevices in natural rock...

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Roger Hiorns: Seizure

Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, Seizure will remain closed until further notice.

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Sean Henry: Seated Figure

Sean Henry often portrays contemporary-looking, casual figures in distracted or thoughtful poses. He believes that “all sculpture is inherently theatrical” and has remarked upon watching a...

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Sean Scully: Crate of Air

Crate of Air (2018) was created for Inside Outside, an exhibition in 2018 of painting and sculpture by renowned Irish-born artist, Sean Scully.

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Sean Scully: Wall Dale Cubed

Wall Dale Cubed (2018)was created for Inside Outside, an exhibition in 2018 of painting and sculpture by renowned Irish-born artist, Sean Scully.

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Serge Spitzer: Untitled

Serge Spitzer's Untitled is enclosed within the raw stone walls of an old quarry. Spitzer coiled a massive steel beam that possesses a latent energy and seems as though it could...

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Sol Lewitt: 123454321

Sol LeWitt was of the opinion that ‘if one wishes to understand the art of our time one must go beyond appearance’. 123454321 has a restrained and calculated beauty which stems from the...

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Sophie Ryder: Sitting

Huge in scale, the hare becomes a dominant, watchful presence in the landscape.

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Tania Kovats, RAVINE

“The main focus of my work is how art mediates and communicates our experience of what we call Nature. I think of Nature as a set of interconnected processes and systems rather than things or...

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Thomas J Price: Network

The three-metre-tall bronze Network takes the form of a young man in casual dress, looking at his phone. Typical of Thomas J Price's sculpture, the figure stands with a relaxed pose...

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Tom Friedman: Hazmat Love

Tom Friedman is an American artist who uses everyday materials to make playful sculptures, installations, paintings and animations. Since 2007, he has created small models from aluminium foil,...

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Ursula von Rydingsvard: Damski Czepek

Damski Czepek alters with the changing light and at certain points of the day has a lantern-like glow. The work encourages people to enter, offering a small sanctuary to meet and converse....

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Ursula von Rydingsvard: Heart in Hand

The form of Heart in Hand relates to an earlier work from 2010 called Luba – made in both cedar and bronze. Like that work, Heart in Hand is intended to resemble the arm of a...

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Willem Boshoff: Flagstone

In my stone sculptures I use mostly Belfast black granite, an igneous material formed by magma or lava (molten volcanic rock) cooling and becoming solid. This means that, at some point in time...

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William Turnbull: Large Horse

William Turnbull reworked the figure of the horse throughout his career, reducing it to its basic form, as illustrated in Large Horse.

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William Turnbull: Large Idol

After serving as a pilot during the World War II, Turnbull travelled to Paris where he was associated with a thriving artistic community. Early success in Paris and at the 1952 Venice Biennale...

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William Turnbull: Queen 2

As with much of William Turnbull's sculpture, Queen 2 was inspired by his knowledge of ancient cultures and their artefacts; revealing the sculptural potential of utilitarian and functional...