LONDON, Jan 21 (People’s Daily Online) -- A major exhibition at The Henry Moore Foundation in Perry Green, Hertfordshire, London, will for the first time put on show works by some of the most recognised contemporary artists alongside those of Henry Moore.

The exhibition will be spread across the outdoor landscape at Perry Green as well as in two of the artist’s favourite working spaces on the estate, the Exhibition Gallery and the carving studio, which are now opened up for the public to visit.

Outdoor works will include large-scale sculptures by Rachel Whiteread, Tony Cragg and Thomas Schütte, alongside Henry Moore’s Reclining Figure: External Form (1953-54), on loan from the University of Freiburg in Germany. Both Richard Deacon and Richard Long will produce new works specifically for the exhibition, to be sited in the grounds of Perry Green.

The exhibition will continue in the Exhibition Gallery and the carving studio with works by Joseph Beuys, Tony Cragg, Richard Deacon, Antony Gormley, Damien Hirst, Anish Kapoor, Sarah Lucas and Rachel Whiteread, shown alongside a series of works by Henry Moore.

The exhibition will run from 1 May – 26 October 2014.It is curated by Anita Feldman, Head of Collections and Exhibitions at The Henry Moore Foundation. A fully illustrated catalogue will be published to coincide with the exhibition.