Symbolic of helping, guiding, lifting, reconciliation, unity and caring - A curation looking at sculptures where hands are doing the heavy lifting.

32 artworks
The Tattler Sculpture
© the artists. Image credit: Tracy Jenkins / Art UK

The Tattler Sculpture 2000

Honor Surie (b.1944) and Julia K. Heseltine (1933–2023)

Cast stone fibre

H 69 cm

'Saint Malo' Hands
© the artist. Image credit: Colin White / Art UK

'Saint Malo' Hands 1997

Derek Tristram

Jersey granite

H 152 cm

Hand in Hand Ball
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Robert Lavers / Art UK

Hand in Hand Ball 2015–2019

Kookooshaboo Art Collective (active 2015–2019) and Liberty Graphics & Display Products

Fibreglass & steel

H 180 x W 220 x D 150 cm

The Hand
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Tony Bennett / Art UK

The Hand

unknown artist

Wood

Praying Hands
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Stewart Bond / Art UK

Praying Hands 1992

Leeward Francis (b.1957)

Sandstone

H 213 x W 104 x D 160 cm

Seedling
© the artist. Image credit: George Ledger / Art UK

Seedling 2006

Danny Clahane (b.1966)

Portland stone

Working Hands
© the artist. Image credit: Gordon Baird / Art UK

Working Hands 2011

Alan Potter (b.1949) and Barnshaws (founded 1969)

Stainless steel, resin & Caithness stone

H 213 cm

Isaac's Apple
© the artist. Image credit: Peter Roworth / Art UK

Isaac's Apple 2010

Nigel Sardeson

Wood

H 220 x W 100 x D 100 cm

The Helping Hand (The Hand of Recycling)
© the copyright holders. Image credit: Ian Banks / Art UK

The Helping Hand (The Hand of Recycling) 2013

Bethan Colley and PM Training

Galvanised steel & recycled materials

H 200 x W 100 x D 100 cm

The Big Dance
© the artist. Image credit: Fiona Jeffrey / Art UK

The Big Dance 2010

Ray Lonsdale (b.1965)

Steel

H 400 cm

Lifeline
© the artist. Image credit: Gordon Baird / Art UK

Lifeline 2011

Andy Scott (b.1964)

Galvanized steel

H 800 cm

Hand with Chronos
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Michael Kentish / Art UK

Hand with Chronos 1990

Vincent Woropay (1951–2002)

Bronze & stone

H 160 x W 120 x D 80 cm

Sign with Hand
Image credit: Fiona Jeffrey / Art UK

Sign with Hand

unknown artist

Bronze

H 35 x W 50 x D 12 cm

The Hand
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Robert H Taylor / Art UK

The Hand 1994

Glenn Holman

Clipsham stone

H 240 x W 89 x D 40 cm

Inter Alia
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Tracy Jenkins / Art UK

Inter Alia c.2012

Grenville Davey (1961–2022)

Aluminium bronze

The Hand
© the artist. Image credit: Alan Greenwell / Art UK

The Hand 2001

Danny Clahane (b.1966)

Dunhouse buff sandstone

H 175 x W 150 x D 120 cm

Future in Hand
© the artist. Image credit: Gordon Baird / Art UK

Future in Hand 2006

Nina Saunders (b.1958)

The Hand
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Rob Terwey / Art UK

The Hand 1940s?

Josefina de Vasconcellos (1904–2005)

Buttermere slate

H 108 x W 44 x D 28 cm

Dudley's Prehistoric Past
© the copyright holders. Image credit: Rose Akeroyd / Art UK

Dudley's Prehistoric Past

Jonathan Mulvaney (b.1953) and Natasha Carsberg (b.1970) and Michael Konu (b.1971) and John Vaughan (b.1952)

The Hand
© the artist. Image credit: Helen Chester / Art UK

The Hand 2002

Roger Lee (b.1947)

Steel

Golden Hand
© BANK archive. Image credit: Helen Chester / Art UK

Golden Hand c.2000

Bank (active since 1991)

H 304 cm

Canvey Old and New
© the copyright holders. Image credit: Tracy Jenkins/ Art UK

Canvey Old and New 2004–2005

Pam Taylor (1929–2014) and Vicky Moore

Bronze

H 160 x W 120 x D 100 cm

Tree of Life
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Rose Akeroyd / Art UK

Tree of Life 2005

Lorenzo Quinn (b.1966)

Bronze

Handstanding
© the artist. Image credit: Tracy Jenkins / Art UK

Handstanding 2006

Martin Heron (b.1965)

Corten steel

H 450 cm

Hands across the Divide
© DACS 2023. Image credit: Frances Price / Art UK

Hands across the Divide

Maurice Harron (b.1946)

Bronze

Hand Pulling Rope and St Aubyn Gateway
© the artist. Image credit: Colin White / Art UK

Hand Pulling Rope and St Aubyn Gateway 2014

Derek Tristram

Jersey granite

Not in Anger
© the estate of Leon Underwood / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Tracy Jenkins / Art UK

Not in Anger

Leon Underwood (1890–1975)

Bronze

H 60 x W 75 x D 45 cm

Letting Go
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Tracy Jenkins / Art UK

Letting Go

Edwina Chaston (1950–2008)

Concrete

H 137 x W 152 cm

All Hands
© the artist. Image credit: Mark Barrett / Art UK

All Hands 2001 or before

Brian Fell (b.1952)

Galvanised & treated steel

H 305 cm

Aclet (a Small Acorn)
© the copyright holders. Image credit: Elaine Vizor / Art UK

Aclet (a Small Acorn) 2008

Philip Townsend (b.1947) and Brian Russell (b.1952)

Buff sandstone, stainless steel & ceramic

H 223 x W 150 x D 80 cm

Dockershand
© the artist. Image credit: Tracy Jenkins / Art UK

Dockershand 1995

Paula Haughney (b.1959)

Portland limestone

Connecting with the Community
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Tracy Jenkins / Art UK

Connecting with the Community 2013

Hazel Sankey

H 300 x W 150 cm