Ten of the best
Wild Art of Scotland Seeing Scotland through the eyes of artists inspires us to appreciate its beauty in new ways. The following fabulous artistic experiences help our guests to forge a closer connection with landscape and culture and to create meaningful memories
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WORDS | JENNY MCBAIN
OPEN-AIR GALLERY
Jupiter Artland is an extraordinary sculpture park set in breathtaking scenery and within easy reach of Edinburgh. Here our guide will take you on a country walk like no other. You will see the giant steel structures, Firmament, by Anthony Gormley. In the artist’s own words his works seek “to materialise the sensation of that inner space of the body… an
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attempt to realize embodiment, without really worrying too much about mimesis, about representation in a traditional way.” You will also be introduced to pieces such as Anish Kapoor’s Suck, Andy Goldworthy’s stone house Bonnington, and Shane Waltener’s extraordinary Over Here. The latter is a piece made from knitted fishing line and suspended between two trees, which resembles a spider’s web. →
