Two exhibitions
dal 4/4/2014 al 3/1/2015
Segnalato da
4/4/2014
Two exhibitions
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield
Ursula von Rydingsvard's solo show features more than 40 works of drawing and sculpture made over the last two decades. "Uncommon Ground: Land Art in Britain 1966-1979" features work by some of the most important British artists of the last 50 years.
Ursula von Rydingsvard
05.04.14 - 04.01.15
Underground Gallery & open air
The first large-scale survey in Europe by highly acclaimed American artist Ursula von Rydingsvard opens at YSP on 5 April 2014. The exhibition, which is the artist’s most extensive to date, illustrates the full scope of von Rydingsvard’s diverse practice, including more than 40 works of drawing and sculpture made over the last two decades, presented in YSP’s purpose-built Underground Gallery and the open air.
One of America’s most inventive and individual artists, with work in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, among others, von Rydingsvard has evolved a distinctive, highly personal sculptural language that has become synonymous with cedar, the wood that lies at the heart of her practice. The exhibition features wall-mounted works, monolithic structures and other complex forms, most of which are meticulously assembled from 4” x 4” cedar beams.
A series of associated events, including an In Conversation with the artist, accompanies the exhibition. A major publication, including an interview with the artist, will be available alongside exclusive exhibition merchandise.
The International Sculpture Center (ISC) recently announced that the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Ursula von Rydingsvard in spring 2014.
An exhibition of work by von Rydingsvard, developed in collaboration with YSP, can be seen at Kloster Schoenthal in Switzerland 10 May–12 October 2014. A sculpture by von Rydingsvard will be featured in the Laurent-Perrier Garden designed by Luciano Giubbilei at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 20–24 May 2014.
The exhibition is part of Yorkshire Festival, 100 days of art and culture in the lead up to the world's greatest cycling race which visits Yorkshire this year.
Supported by
Charina Endowment Fund; The Camilli Foundation; Roberta Denning; Agnes Gund; Joyce Linde; Morton and Estelle Sosland; Susan and John Diekman; Ann Hatch and Paul Discoe; The Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation for Art; Pat Gantz and Family; George Krupp; Joel and Sherry Mallin; Brian Hopkinson; Ann and Herbert Burger
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Uncommon Ground: Land Art in Britain 1966-1979
05.04.14 - 15.06.14
Longside Gallery
A Touring Exhibition from the Arts Council Collection. Curated by Nicholas Alfrey, Joy Sleeman and Ben Tufnell, this exhibition features work by some of the most important British artists of the last 50 years including Tony Cragg, Antony Gormley, Richard Long and Anthony McCall.
In the late 1960s artists on both sides of the Atlantic turned away from the enclosed space of the gallery and went out into the landscape to forge a new form of art. This art was made in radically new ways often using earth, water, sun and even fire as raw materials, and went under several names: land art, earth art, process art, and conceptual art. Drawing largely from the Arts Council Collection and supplemented by important loans from artists and major public institutions, Uncommon Ground: Land Art in Britain 1966 – 1979 takes a fresh look at the art of this period and considers what was particular about the way land art developed in Britain.
Within the context of YSP, the exhibition is complemented by site-specific installations by Andy Goldsworthy, David Nash and James Turrell. The exhibition, which toured throughout 2013, makes its last stop at Longside Gallery, the permanent home to the Art Council Collection’s sculpture holdings and an important research centre.
Image: Andy Goldsworthy, Forked Twigs in Water, 1979 courtesy Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London and the artist
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Yorkshire Sculpture Park
West Bretton - Wakefield