School Road, Hanbury, Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire
Saturday 9 June – Saturday 15 September 2007
Visitors to Hanbury Hall can enjoy an artistic delight with Still Life, a unique exhibition that takes its inspiration directly from its stunning 18th century surroundings.
Completed in 1701, Hanbury Hall is a homely William & Mary style house, famed for its fine painted ceilings and staircase. The stunning 20 acre garden, recreated in keeping with the period of the house, is surrounded by 395 acres of parkland, with beautiful views over the surrounding countryside. Fascinating features within the grounds include an orangery, ice house, pavilions and a working mushroom house.
It is the hard work, attention to detail and imaginative energy behind the scenes at Hanbury Hall that has provided the inspiration for Still Life, and it is within the industrious spaces surrounding the immaculate gardens that the exhibition can be discovered. The participating artists have taken inspiration from the painstaking backroom work that is needed to create the serene beauty of the perfect garden landscape. They explore the sense of calm and well being that comes with the harnessing of nature into a perfectly ordered garden space – and what happens when that order is challenged.
The magnificent 1740s Orangery will be the starting point for the exhibition, which will then carry visitors through groves and old orchards, along walled gardens and down a tunnel, before arriving back at the main house. Visitors will experience new and existing works by the participating artists, including a blossom snow storm, majestic swans and giant weeds. The exhibition will form a loose narrative, which will be carefully interpreted.
Participating artists include:
Daphne Wright, an Irish born artist, currently living and working in Bristol. Her visually stunning work has been exhibited in Limerick, New York, Buffalo, Cork and Boston.
Jane Prophet, a Birmingham born but London based artist whose large scale works reflect her interest in science, technology and landscape. She has worked on a number of internationally acclaimed projects that have broken new ground in these areas.
Roger Hiorns, a Birmingham born artist who now works in London. His work disrupts the viewer’s perception of the boundaries between representational and non-representation. His work has been exhibited in Los Angeles, Tate Britain and at the Royal Academy of the Arts.
Paul Morrison studied at Goldsmiths' College 1995-98. Since his first solo show in London in 1996 he has shown widely in the UK, Europe and the USA.
Meadow Gallery was developed and established in 2001, producing site sensitive temporary outdoor exhibitions in stunning surroundings, and commissioning new work that empathises with, and yet challenges, the unique surroundings of its working environment.
Previous exhibitions have been held at Burford House, Ludlow; Mappa Mundi, Hereford and Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire.
This is an opportunity to experience a unique art exhibition, specifically inspired by the landscape of Hanbury Hall. It is an opportunity to enjoy a house and garden steeped in history and to combine that with a magical exhibition that takes this history as its inspiration, and therefore can only been seen and enjoyed in its original environment.
Hanbury Hall (National Trust), Nr Droitwich, Worcestershire
Opening Times -
Gardens: From 18 to 30 June Sat-Wed 11am to 5.30pm
From 1 July daily 11am to 5.30pm
From 1 to 15 Sept Sat-Wed 11am to 5.30pm
House: Sat-Wed 1pm to 5pm. The National Trust shop and tea-room are also open.
Gift Aid admission* -
House and Grounds: Adults £6.80, Children £3.40, Family £17, Groups £5.30 each (for 15 or above visitors).
Garden and Grounds: Adults £4.50, Children £2.25, Family £11
* Including a voluntary 10 per cent donation; visitors can however choose to pay the standard admission prices which are displayed at the property and at www.nationaltrust.org .uk
Standard admission applies to groups.
Saturday 9 June – Saturday 15 September 2007
Visitors to Hanbury Hall can enjoy an artistic delight with Still Life, a unique exhibition that takes its inspiration directly from its stunning 18th century surroundings.
Completed in 1701, Hanbury Hall is a homely William & Mary style house, famed for its fine painted ceilings and staircase. The stunning 20 acre garden, recreated in keeping with the period of the house, is surrounded by 395 acres of parkland, with beautiful views over the surrounding countryside. Fascinating features within the grounds include an orangery, ice house, pavilions and a working mushroom house.
It is the hard work, attention to detail and imaginative energy behind the scenes at Hanbury Hall that has provided the inspiration for Still Life, and it is within the industrious spaces surrounding the immaculate gardens that the exhibition can be discovered. The participating artists have taken inspiration from the painstaking backroom work that is needed to create the serene beauty of the perfect garden landscape. They explore the sense of calm and well being that comes with the harnessing of nature into a perfectly ordered garden space – and what happens when that order is challenged.
The magnificent 1740s Orangery will be the starting point for the exhibition, which will then carry visitors through groves and old orchards, along walled gardens and down a tunnel, before arriving back at the main house. Visitors will experience new and existing works by the participating artists, including a blossom snow storm, majestic swans and giant weeds. The exhibition will form a loose narrative, which will be carefully interpreted.
Participating artists include:
Daphne Wright, an Irish born artist, currently living and working in Bristol. Her visually stunning work has been exhibited in Limerick, New York, Buffalo, Cork and Boston.
Jane Prophet, a Birmingham born but London based artist whose large scale works reflect her interest in science, technology and landscape. She has worked on a number of internationally acclaimed projects that have broken new ground in these areas.
Roger Hiorns, a Birmingham born artist who now works in London. His work disrupts the viewer’s perception of the boundaries between representational and non-representation. His work has been exhibited in Los Angeles, Tate Britain and at the Royal Academy of the Arts.
Paul Morrison studied at Goldsmiths' College 1995-98. Since his first solo show in London in 1996 he has shown widely in the UK, Europe and the USA.
Meadow Gallery was developed and established in 2001, producing site sensitive temporary outdoor exhibitions in stunning surroundings, and commissioning new work that empathises with, and yet challenges, the unique surroundings of its working environment.
Previous exhibitions have been held at Burford House, Ludlow; Mappa Mundi, Hereford and Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire.
This is an opportunity to experience a unique art exhibition, specifically inspired by the landscape of Hanbury Hall. It is an opportunity to enjoy a house and garden steeped in history and to combine that with a magical exhibition that takes this history as its inspiration, and therefore can only been seen and enjoyed in its original environment.
Hanbury Hall (National Trust), Nr Droitwich, Worcestershire
Opening Times -
Gardens: From 18 to 30 June Sat-Wed 11am to 5.30pm
From 1 July daily 11am to 5.30pm
From 1 to 15 Sept Sat-Wed 11am to 5.30pm
House: Sat-Wed 1pm to 5pm. The National Trust shop and tea-room are also open.
Gift Aid admission* -
House and Grounds: Adults £6.80, Children £3.40, Family £17, Groups £5.30 each (for 15 or above visitors).
Garden and Grounds: Adults £4.50, Children £2.25, Family £11
* Including a voluntary 10 per cent donation; visitors can however choose to pay the standard admission prices which are displayed at the property and at www.nationaltrust.org .uk
Standard admission applies to groups.
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