I've got a little list...

Richard Deacon
Antony Gormley
Anish Kapoor
Alison Wilding
Bill Woodrow

Five of the most important players in a UK generation of sculptors according to an article entitled "Richard Deacon, fabricator and Turner prize winner, gets a Tate retrospective"  in today's Guardian.

I'm only familiar with Antony Gormley's work!

Yes.  I am embarrassed and ashamed by this admission.  But at least it demonstrates that I now see the merit in studying the "masters" of  sculpture - quite a development for me!

The list is also little enough to be a starting point.   I have thought about looking at the work of other sculptors before but I haven't found an easy way of winnowing down the huge list on Wikipedia.

So, expect a post on Richard Deacon shortly.

UPDATE 23rd March 2014:

More names for my list, plus links to relevant posts


Alive
Richard Deacon
                http://peter-heywood.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/richard-deacon.html
                http://peter-heywood.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/an-arty-day-in-london.html

Antony Gormley
               http://peter-heywood.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/sir-antony.html
               http://peter-heywood.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/more-on-sir-antony.html

Anish Kapoor
             http://peter-heywood.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/anish-kapoor.html

Alison Wilding
             http://peter-heywood.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/alison-wilding.html

Richard Wentworth
            http://peter-heywood.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/richard-wentworth.html

Bill Woodrow
          http://peter-heywood.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/bill-woodrow.html

Tony Crag
         http://peter-heywood.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/tony-cragg.html

Dead (to do!)

Jacob Epstein
Henry Moore
Barbara Hepworth
Anthony Caro