What’s On Spring 2017
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What’s On Spring 2017
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‘I’m enamoured with Yorkshire Sculpture Park’s open, rolling hills punctuated with the world’s best sculptors.’ EMMA SUMNER, THE DOUBLE NEGATIVE Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) is the best place in the UK to experience contemporary and modern sculpture, presenting work by some of the world’s most extraordinary artists in over 500 acres of beautiful, historic parkland and five indoor galleries. 2017 is YSP’s 40th anniversary and in celebration we are presenting major indoor and open-air exhibitions, ambitious interventions in the landscape and an exciting series of special events throughout the year. Spring begins with the largest UK exhibition to date by leading British artist and ‘radical materialist’ Tony Cragg; and an Arts Council Collection touring exhibition, Kaleidoscope, which explores British art of the 1960s.
The Arts Council Collection’s National Partners Programme continues with two exhibitions curated from the collection by YSP. [Re]construct, in the Chapel, questions what we know and understand about architecture; and Tread Softly reveals artists’ responses to all aspects of growing up. There are Treasures Revealed in the NAEA Gallery, as artists, supporters, volunteers and visitors choose 40 objects from the National Arts Education Archive. Anne Purkiss’ portrait photography of sculptors highlights the breadth of artists YSP has worked with over the last 40 years. We also welcome Simon Armitage as YSP’s poet in residence for the year: he’ll visit throughout the seasons to write new work in response to the Park.
Current Artists & Projects
TONY CRAGG: A RARE CATEGORY OF OBJECTS 4 March–3 September 2017 Underground Gallery, Garden Gallery and open air #TonyCragg ‘Go into a museum and you will automatically be confronted with a whole category of objects that are all fighting against mediocrity, a fight for not converting the whole material world into dumb things.’ Tony Cragg, 1992 A Rare Category of Objects gives an insight into the extraordinary career of Tony Cragg, and his fascination with using different materials to bring unique ideas to life. Sharing new and recent work, alongside key historic sculptures, the exhibition traces the evolution of Cragg’s practice and his pioneering mastery of materials. Visitors are first welcomed to the exhibition by Caldera (2008), a magnificent bronze sculpture nearly five metres in height, set against the stunning landscape of the Bretton Estate. In the Underground Gallery, Minster (1990), a geological-like stacked sculpture, reveals the artist’s interest in sorting and categorising. Drawings alongside iconic sculptures reveal the thinking and 4/5
making process central to Cragg’s work, which always begins with drawing, such as the translation of human profiles into sculptures. The Project Space has been transformed into an artist’s studio, sharing, for the first time, objects that Cragg has collected over the years and that fuel his inspiration. Glass and ceramic sculptures and works on paper in the Garden Gallery consider a different but hugely important aspect of Cragg’s career. A limited edition is available to buy, along with a full colour publication which includes texts by Dr Jon Wood, Henry Moore Institute, and Dr Rowan Bailey, The University of Huddersfield. EVENT: ARTIST TALK 1 June 2017 / 19.00 / £10, YSP Members £8 Hear Cragg discuss his work, influences and major YSP exhibition.
Current Artists & Projects
ANNE PURKISS: SCULPTORS 4 March–4 June 2017 Upper Space #AnnePurkiss
Anne Purkiss is a photographer whose portfolio includes portraits of artists, scientists and public figures as well as photographs of artwork. This exhibition presents a collection of Purkiss’ portraits of sculptors, all of whom have exhibited at YSP during the past 40 years. The exhibition documents artists at various stages in their careers, covering three decades, through photographs borne out of Purkiss’ personal interest in sculptors as a subject, as well as commissioned images that were part of her regular freelance work for press and government agencies, museums and galleries. In YSP’s 40th year, the exhibition offers the chance to reflect on the wealth of talent that has graced the Park’s rolling 500-acre landscape, including Sir Anthony Caro, Lynn Chadwick, Dame Elisabeth Frink, Sir Antony Gormley, Andy Goldsworthy and Sophie Ryder.
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TREASURES REVEALED: FROM THE NATIONAL ARTS EDUCATION ARCHIVE 15 April–26 November 2017 Sat–Tues, 11.00–15.00 / NAEA Gallery #TreasuresRevealed
‘The NAEA is one of the great repositories of material relating to the development of the arts in the post war era. It’s also a place of hope!’ Bob and Roberta Smith In celebration of YSP’s 40th anniversary, we have invited artists, supporters and volunteers to explore the National Arts Education Archive (NAEA) and choose 40 inspirational objects. Treasures Revealed includes selections by art critic Mark Hudson; YSP Executive Director Peter Murray, CBE; artist Hester Reeve; and artist and agitator Bob and Roberta Smith. Six visitors are also invited to select one object from the collection to be added throughout the exhibition. To express interest visit ysp.org.uk/TreasuresRevealed
[RE]CONSTRUCT An Arts Council Collection National Partners Programme exhibition 1 April–25 June 2017 Chapel #Reconstruct / #ACCNationalPartners
There has long been a close and complex relationship between sculpture and architecture, with many artists blurring the boundaries between the two. Selected largely from the Arts Council Collection, this exhibition features sculpture and films that reconstruct familiar elements and materials of the built environment, manipulating our understanding of them – from a melting wax wall and rawl plugs made of semi-precious stones, to Martin Creed’s Work No.135, a curved protrusion that seems to grow from the wall. Several works in [Re]construct question ideas about the permanence of architecture. Cornelia Parker’s Neither From Nor Towards, suspended in the Chapel nave, comprises the wave-weathered bricks from a row of houses destroyed when they slipped into the sea. Collected and reassembled,
the bricks form the simplified box shape of a house with a pitched roof reminiscent of children’s drawings. Alex Chinneck also examines the idea of transient architecture by using wax bricks and replacing a long-lasting material with an entirely malleable one. His work fills an entire wall, with a melted circle at its centre from which a cascade of wax falls, seeming to capture a moment frozen in time. The exhibition also includes work by Claire Barclay, Susan Collis, Anya Gallaccio, Lucy Gunning, Sonya Hanney and Adam Dade, Denis Masi, Alex Pain, Nina Saunders, Emily Speed, John Wood and Paul Harrison.
Current Artists & Projects
KALEIDOSCOPE: COLOUR AND SEQUENCE IN 1960S BRITISH ART An Arts Council Collection touring exhibition 1 April–18 June 2017 Longside Gallery #Kaleidoscope
British art of the 1960s is noted for its bold, artificial colour, alluring surfaces and capricious shapes and forms, yet these exuberant qualities are often underpinned by a strong sense of order, founded on repetition, sequence and symmetry. Bringing together outstanding examples of painting and sculpture from the Arts Council Collection and other major UK collections, Kaleidoscope examines 1960s visual art through a fresh and surprising lens, bringing into view the relationship between colour and form, rationality and irrationality, order and waywardness. Kaleidoscope is the first Arts Council Collection survey of 1960s British art in over 20 years, and as such it assumes a wide angle, looking across media and movements to find fresh correspondences. From this perspective, the mind-bending surfaces of Op Art, the flattened repetition of Pop, the mathematical order of 8/ 9
Constructivism, and the sequential placement of brightly-coloured abstract units in New Generation sculpture find a common language, one shaped by sequence and symmetry. Kaleidoscope represents the work of over 20 artists including: Tess Jaray, Phillip King, Kim Lim, Mary Martin, Eduardo Paolozzi, Bridget Riley, Tim Scott, Richard Smith, William Tucker and William Turnbull. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated publication featuring a new essay by Sam Cornish, the co-curator of the exhibition. The Arts Council Collection is the largest national loan collection of British modern and contemporary art.
Arts Council Collection is managed by Southbank Centre, London on behalf of Arts Council England.
Current Artists & Projects
TREAD SOFTLY An Arts Council Collection National Partners Programme exhibition 27 May–3 September 2017 Bothy Gallery #TreadSoftly / #ACCNationalPartners
Tread Softly presents works from the Arts Council Collection in which artists explore childhood experience and family relationships, revisiting and reassessing important moments and people within their lives. Many of the works exist in a place where fact and fiction blur and where fantasy melds with memory, affected by both time and distance. Negotiating and defining identity is a momentous journey, with early experiences leaving indelible marks on our characters, as fragile dreams are pitted against the sometimes painful entry into the adult world. Powerful works by Tracey Emin and Grayson Perry reveal how art was ultimately a salvation during difficult circumstances, Perry’s Mad Kid’s Bedroom Wall Pot states “I got out ‘coz I could paint”. Other works consider the way in which fragments of experience linger in the mind, like a 10/11
perfume that triggers highly personal memories. Photographs by Fiona Crisp and Nigel Shafran recall family caravan holidays at the seaside and present the emotionally charged everyday objects left in a room by a departed father. Mary Kelly’s iconic Post-Partum Document and Mona Hatoum’s Measures of Distance also scrutinise the parent-child relationship. Other artists featured include Kathy Prendergast, Marion Coutts, Susan Hiller, Permindar Kaur, Bedwyr Williams, Dennis Morris and Jo Spence. Acclaimed poet and Scottish Makar Jackie Kay will write new poems to accompany the exhibition.
VISITING ARTIST AYESHA TAN JONES 13–26 March 2017
VISITING ARTIST OVA + INE: REFUGE/E 18–26 March 2017
Ayesha Tan Jones, recipient of the 2016 Central Saint Martin’s YSP Graduate Award, works with issues concerning the energy, form and identity of female spirituality. Embodying an array of alter egos, she fuses together music, sculpture, digital images and video to explore political consciousness.
Refuge/e is a new project that transports a shelter from Lebanon to locations around the UK, beginning with the open air at YSP.
Tan Jones first came to YSP for an initial research visit in September 2016. Since then she has embarked on a new project Whychcraft?, exploring the ways in which we connect with our Earth, each other and our inner selves, in a world constantly flirting with political, spiritual and climate collapse. In March, she returns to YSP as a Visiting Artist to develop new work for the Boat House. EVENT: MEET THE ARTIST 25+26 March 2017 / 11.00–15.00 / Free Drop in to Tan Jones’ open studio in the Boat House to meet the artist and find out more about her YSP project.
Learning first-hand from displaced Syrians, the shelter is constructed using a combination of emergency shelter kits and local materials. The tent is furnished with plaster and brass casts of possessions typically found in these homes and is covered with old plastic advertising boards, now used for insulation. Through the space, visitors will hear the unfiltered voices of refugees speaking about their daily experiences, illustrating the struggle for normality – cooking, cleaning and learning – amid the fragments of displaced lives.
Supported by Arts Council England, UNHCR, the British Council and the Art Fund.
YSP at 40
#YSP40 YSP held its first exhibition in 1977 and is now acknowledged as one of the best places in the world to see sculpture. In celebration, we are introducing new works for the open air by leading artists, including a beautiful new monumental cast iron head of a girl by Jaume Plensa. Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads is a dramatic group of 12 bronze animal heads, representing the traditional Chinese Zodiac and standing at three-metres-tall. In Lower Park, Zac Ové’s Black and Blue: The Invisible Man and the Masque of Blackness, a powerful army of 80 identical figures, creates an extraordinary impact. In addition, we welcome new works by artists including Eduardo Chillida, Phyllida Barlow, Ursula von Rydingsvard and Matthew Day Jackson. For our 40th year, we’ve also commissioned a new installation by Bob and Roberta Smith, and there will be special events including artist talks and A Weekend of Wonderful Things during the summer. Keep an eye out for more information at ysp.org.uk/YSP40 12/13
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Events at YSP range from artist talks and sculpture courses to family workshops and landscape tours. Some of this season’s highlights include… AYESHA TAN JONES: A GATHERING OF SOULS 25 March 2017 / 16.00–19.00 Free / Booking advised Visiting Artist Ayesha Tan Jones leads a special gathering of souls to celebrate the spring equinox. Part performance, part interactive workshop, this gathering inspires people to connect with their inner power, through creativity, earth magic, movement and music. Journey through the grounds of YSP, foraging in the forest, communing around a campfire, and weaving wishes in the trees. LITTLE EXPLORERS FOR UNDER 5s Last Thursday of the month / 10.30–12.00 & 13.00–14.30 / £3 (aimed at under 5s) Adventure awaits in YSP’s Hidden Forest, our dedicated space for under 5s. Jump, laugh, make, sing, and play beneath the trees. Beginning in March, enjoy this magical space together in the beauty of the outdoors. EXPLORE FAMILY ARTS AWARD CLUB 8 April, 20 May, 17 June & 22 July 2017 (four-day club) / 13.00–16.00 £12 (aimed at age 8–11) Go on an art club adventure! Work together to creatively investigate works from the Arts Council Collection, YSP exhibitions, and the Park. This family club takes you on a fantastic journey towards achieving an Arts Award Explore certificate.
HOT AND COLD SHEET METAL 10–14 May 2017 (five-day course) 10.00–16.00 daily / £485 Join master metalwork sculptors Brian Fell and Owen Cunningham for a five-day metal course. An exceptional opportunity to experiment with different welding and cutting techniques to create your own quality piece of work. MUSEUMS AT NIGHT 19 May 2017 / 17.00–21.00 Enjoy an after-hours visit to YSP for the biannual Museums at Night celebration. Embark on a family torch-lit tour of Tony Cragg: A Rare Category of Objects, or get a more in-depth insight with a curator-led viewing of the exhibition. Discover the features and follies of the Bretton Estate with a Twilight Lake Walk or experience the tranquil Simply Sitting at Sunset. See ysp.org.uk/events for details of individual events. EMILY SPEED: A PARADE OF ARCHITECTURAL COMMAS 20 May 2017 / 14.30 / Free Join a celebration of the architecture and follies that punctuate the landscape of YSP. As part of [Re]construct, performers in architectural costumes will emerge and gather into a small parade for this journey through the Park.
For more YSP events see the calendar or find out more and book online at ysp.org.uk/events
Eat & Drink
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Soak up stunning views as you enjoy lovely, locally sourced food in the YSP Restaurant. Popular dishes include the Spanish omelette with chorizo and tomato relish and chargrilled salmon with smashed avocado salad. For afternoon treats try the dark chocolate jaffa loaf or courgette, lime and pistachio cake from our range of homemade cakes, alongside freshly brewed, specialty coffee. Choose the cafĂŠ at YSP Learning for light bites, including our delicious bacon sandwiches, to eat-in or to take away as you explore the Park. 16 16/17
YSP Tours (inc. Art & Landscape, WILD and Heritage) T&T See ysp.org.uk/events for details of regular tours
Squiggle Sculpture: Family Sculpture Day FAM 11.03.17 / 10.30–15.30 / £6 (aimed at age 5+)
Still Looking: Mindfulness and Art U 12.03.17, 09.04.17 & 14.05.17 / 10.00–12.00 / £20
From Chapel to Chapel: The Families of Bretton H 18.03.17 / 14.30–17.00 / £8.50 (inc. travel and light refreshments)
Recharge: Yoga Retreat U 26.03.17, 30.04.17 & 28.05.17 / 10.00–16.00 / £65
Art and Social for over 55s U 30.03.17, 27.04.17 & 25.05.17 / 14.00–16.00 / £5
Great British Dog Walk T&T 02.04.17 / 11.00 & 12.30 / Early bird £10, on the day £12
Make Yourself at Home: Family Space FAM 09–11.04.17 & 14–18.04.17 / 11.00–16.00 / Free / Drop in (aimed at all ages)
Outdoor Sculpture Building: Come Rain, Come Shine FAM 11+18.04.17 & 30.05.17 / 11.00–12.00 & 13.30–14.30 / £3 (aimed at all ages)
Kaleidoscope: Step into a Rainbow FAM 12+13.04.17 / 12.00–16.00 / Free / Drop in (aimed at all ages)
The ARTcart FAM 13+20.04.17 / 11.00–16.00 / Free / Drop in (aimed at all ages)
Design Your Own Tray with Ella Doran W 22.04.17 / 10.00–12.30 & 13.00–15.30 / £35
Spring Gardens MEM 22.04.17 / 11.00–12.30 / £8
Art and History Connected: Heritage Walk H 22.04.17 / 14.00 / Free / Booking advised
Jake Atree Turner’s Paintbox: An Artist’s Response T&T 22.04.17 / 15.00–17.00 / £5
Kaleidoscope: Two O’Clock Tuesdays T&T 25.04.17, 09.05.17 & 06.06.17 / 14.00 / Free
Botanicals: Spring Blossom W 06+07.05.17 (two-day workshop) / 10.00–16.00 / £95
RSPB Dawn Chorus Walk WIL 07.05.17 / 07.00 / Free / Booking advised
The Bretton Marbles T&T 13.05.17 / 15.00–17.00 / Free
Sculpture Skills: Relief Wax Casting W 20.05.17 / 10.00–16.00 / £65
Little Family Worlds: Photography Workshop FAM 27.05.17 / 11.00–12.30 & 14.00–15.30 / £3 (aimed at age 6+)
Eileen Adams Drawing Conclusions: The Educator’s Response T&T 27.05.17 / 15.00–17.00 / £5
Kaleidoscope Screen Printing W 30.05.17 / 18.30–20.30 / Adults £10, concessions £8 (aimed at age 16+)
Kaleidoscope Printmaking FAM 31.05.17 / 12.00–16.00 / Free / Drop in (aimed at all ages)
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Visitor Information CONTACT US Yorkshire Sculpture Park West Bretton, West Yorkshire WF4 4LG (for SatNav use WF4 4JX) +44 (0)1924 832631, ysp.org.uk OPENING TIMES UNTIL 25.03.17 Grounds, YSP Centre & Shop: 10.00–17.00 Restaurant & Café: 10.00–16.00 (17.00 on weekends) Galleries: 10.00–16.00 Individual gallery opening dates and times vary, please refer to information on site and online
FROM 26.03.17 Grounds & YSP Centre: 10.00–18.00 Shop, Restaurant & Café: 10.00–17.00 Galleries: 10.00–17.00 Longside Gallery: 11.00–16.00 Individual gallery opening dates and times vary, please refer to information on site and online
CLOSED 24 & 25 DECEMBER ADMISSION Admission to the whole of YSP is free. The only charge is to park your car. Prices: £2.50 (up to 1 hour), £5.00 (1–2 hours), £8.00 (all day). Payment by cash or card any time during your visit or online for up to 7 days after. All proceeds support YSP. YSP FRIENDS Save money on parking with a YSP Friends membership. Find out more at ysp.org.uk/friends DIRECTIONS One mile from M1, junction 38. Follow the brown heritage signs on the A637 to the YSP Main Entrance. For SatNav use WF4 4JX.
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ACCESSIBILITY Free use of mobility scooters – please call ahead to book on +44 (0)1924 832631. FACILITIES Self-service restaurant and café (both with highchairs), shop, toilets and baby changing. YSP CODE Feel free to run, jump and roll on the grass but please remember that YSP isn’t your average park. Please no ball games, kite flying, tree climbing, skating or skateboarding. You’re welcome to find out how the sculptures feel, unless requested otherwise, but please don’t sit or climb on them. Find out more at ysp.org.uk/visit GROUP & LEARNING VISITS YSP welcomes all kinds of groups and offers coach parking, catering packages, talks and workshops. Find out more at ysp.org.uk GET CONNECTED You can find YSP on the following sites yspsculpture YSPsculpture YorkshireSculpturePark YorkshireSculpturePark yspsculpture
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IMAGES Cover: Tony Cragg, Outspan, 2008. 90x200x124. Courtesy the artist. Photo Charles Duprat P2/3: James Capper, TREAD PAD pair 1, 2013. Courtesy the artist and Anthony d’Offay, London. P4: Tony Cragg, Points of View, 2007. 550x150x150, bronze. Courtesy the artist. Photo Charles Duprat P5: Tony Cragg, Minster, 1990. 420x230x400, steel. Courtesy the artist. P6: (Left) Dame Elisabeth Frink, 1990. ©Anne Purkiss. (Right) Hester Reeve in the NAEA, 2013. Photo Damon Waldock. P7: Cornelia Parker, Neither From Nor Towards, 1992. Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist. P8: Tim Scott, Quinquereme, 1966. Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist. P9: William Tucker, Thebes, 1966. Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist P10: John Benton-Harris, Maidenhead, Berkshire July 1975, Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist. P11: (Left) © Ayesha Tan Jones. (Right) © OVA + INE / Georgia Haseldine. P12: Jaume Plensa, Duna, 2014–. Amsterdam. Courtesy the artist. P14: Emily Speed, A Parade of Architectural Commas. Courtesy the artist. All details correct at time of print. All images (except shop photography) © Jonty Wilde unless otherwise stated. YSP is an accredited museum and registered charity, number 1067908. Design: Founded / wearefounded.com