LONDON—The nine galleries participating in the fifth edition of London Sculpture Week, June 12 through 20, have amassed an array of three-dimensional art unrivaled in its diversity, from a 3rd-millennium B.C. Greek figurine, at Wace Ancient Art">Rupert Wace Ancient Art, to a 14th-century Tibetan Buddha, at Rossi & Rossi, to contemporary assemblages by the British sculptor Jodie Carey, at Alexia Goethe Gallery. Of particular note for ancient art devotees is “In Our Own Image: Gods and Mortals in Antiquity,” a show of Greek, Egyptian and Hellenistic works depicting the human form, at Wace’s Mayfair space from June 4 through 18. Among the eight fine examples displayed, the standout is a two-foot-tall Hellenistic marble Aphrodite, dating to the 2nd or 1st century B.C. (price upon request). The statuette—a copy of the Aphrodite of Knidos, which Wace says was the first Greek female nude—lacks head, arms and feet but is nonetheless lovely. “What’s special about Sculpture Week,” says Wace, “is that it gives collectors focused on one type of sculpture an opportunity to become acquainted with other kinds.”

"In Fine Form" originally appeared in the June 2008 issue of Art+Auction. For a complete list of articles from this issue available on ARTINFO, see Art+Auction's June 2008 Table of Contents.