In the hiatus between the wonderful Anish Kapoor exhibition and the hugely anticipated Van Gogh exhibition, there’s still some magic to be seen at the Royal Academy. The Wild Thing exhibition, in the Sackler Wing Gallery, is a wonderfully packed show concentrating on three of the most important modern sculptors working in Britain in the early 20th century. Their join influence upon the future of British sculpture was massive. Common themes run through the work, namely those of  sex, fertility, the human condition, the machine age and the impact of war.

In particular interest, for us here anyway, was to see the reconstruction of Epstein’s Rockdrill. It’s a stunning (and huge) piece of work which, even today, has an incredible impact – it’s hard to imagine how it was received in it’s day.

If you’re not that impresses with sculpture there is another curiosity with one of the sculptors – namely Eric Gill. We all love the font Gil Sans …. well he designed it!

The exhibition runs until 24th October.

www.royalacademy.org.uk