YSP What's On Summer 2017

YSP SUMMER 2017

YSP Summer 2017

‘It’s the combination of art and nature that works here. In these surroundings, an artwork is never alone. The trees help it out. The smells help it out.

Even the sheep help it out.’

Waldemar Januszczak, The Sunday Times

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.

Cover: Tony Cragg, Caldera, 2008. Bronze, 480 x 372 x 342cm. Courtesy the artist. Photo Michael Richter Henry Moore, Draped Seated Woman, 1957–58 bronze. Photo © Jonty Wilde. Courtesy London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Reproduced by permission of The Henry Moore Foundation.

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, including A Weekend of Wonderful Things, in July.

‘Radical materialist’ Tony Cragg’s largest UK exhibition to date continues in the Underground Gallery, Garden Gallery and open air. We welcome Black and Blue: The Invisible Men and the Masque of Blackness by Zak Ové and Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads, as part of a series of new open-air displays.

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YSP Summer 2017 The Arts Council Collection’s National Partners Programme continues with two YSP exhibitions curated from the collection. For Occasional Geometries, artist Rana Begum has selected works that explore pattern, light and colour, and Tread Softly reveals artists’ responses to all aspects of growing up.

Alice Pattullo’s exhibition Of House and Home transports visitors to a forgotten Victorian era; a new sound and light sculpture by Haroon Mirza can be found in the Deer Shelter Skyspace; and 40 inspirational objects, collections and ideas from the National Arts Education Archive are displayed in Treasures Revealed.

This autumn, Henry Moore’s iconic Draped Seated Woman returns to London Borough of Tower Hamlets, after 20 years on loan to YSP. ‘Old Flo’, as the beloved sculpture is known by many, will go on display at a new home in Cabot Square, Canary Wharf.

Current Artists & Projects

Tony Cragg, A Rare Category of Objects (installation view). Courtesy the artist. Photo Michael Richter

Until 3 September 2017 Underground Gallery, Garden Gallery and open air #TonyCragg

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.

‘This dizzyingly innovative exhibition makes the perfect centrepiece for YSP’s 40th anniversary celebrations.’

Mark Hudson, The Daily Telegraph

Glass and ceramic sculptures and works on paper in the Garden Gallery consider a different but hugely important aspect of Cragg’s career.

Tony Cragg, Points of View, 2013. Bronze, 700 x 165 x 186, 690 x 200 x 250, 695 x 230 x 270cm Courtesy the artist. Photo Michael Richter

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 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 making process central to Cragg’s work, which always begins with drawing, such as the translation of human profiles

A range of exclusive exhibition merchandise is available to buy, along with a full colour publication which shares unique insights into Cragg’s career, with texts by Dr Jon Wood, Henry Moore Institute; Dr Rowan Bailey, The University of Huddersfield; plus, YSP’s Founding and Executive Director, Peter Murray, and Senior Curator, Dr Helen Pheby.

Event: Frame, Focus, Shoot 26 July 2017 / 11.00–13.00 & 14.00–16.00 £3 (aimed at age 6+) Bring your budding photographers to YSP. Explore composition, framing, editing and experimenting, using your camera lens to look at Tony Cragg’s exhibition. Curate a series of your own photographs that tell your story of the show.

Exhibition supported by Litestructures, Henry Moore Foundation, Lisson Gallery, Gallery Thaddaeus Ropac, Holtermann Fine Arts and The Finnis Scott Foundation.

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Tony Cragg: A Rare Category of Objects

Zak Ové: Black and Blue: The Invisible Men and the Masque of Blackness

Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads

Until 3 June 2018 / Lower Park

6 May 2017–22 April 2018 / Lower Park #AiWeiwei

#ZakOvé We welcome an extraordinary assembly of 80 sculptures by British-Trinidadian artist Zak Ové.

Black and Blue: The Invisible Men and the Masque of Blackness (2016–17), a mass of identical two-metre-tall figures, creates a striking statement within the 18th-century landscape.

Powerful and totemic, the group faces forward to confront the viewer en masse, its significance amplified by the repeated forms.

Ové works with sculpture, film and photography to explore African identity, diaspora and history, building on his own experience of growing up in a mixed-race family in both London and Trinidad.

The work at YSP is based on the form of a small dark wood sculpture given to Ové as a child by his father. Although the gesture of the figures is taken from a traditional African form, the raised hands resonate with and reference current tensions and the Black Lives Matter protest movement.

Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads (2010), by internationally acclaimed Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, is a dramatic group of 12 bronze animal heads that has been on a worldwide tour since May 2011, making a colossal migration through Europe, Asia and the Americas. Viewed by millions of people in person, on the internet and through digital media, the work is one of the most viewed sculpture projects in the history of contemporary art.

The installation – an enlarged reinterpretation of 12 pillaged Chinese zodiac heads that once adorned an 18th-century water clock-fountain in Beijing – comments on and encourages debate around the politics of ownership, cultural history, repatriation and authenticity.

Arranged in a semi-circle, the playful heads, including rat, monkey, dragon and snake, make a powerful impact at YSP.

Supported by Toby Clarke and Vigo Gallery.

With thanks to Ai Weiwei and Larry Warsh.

Zak Ové, Black and Blue: The Invisible Men and the Masque of Blackness (detail), 2016–17.

Courtesy Modern Forms, Vigo gallery and the artist. Photo © Jonty Wilde

Ai Weiwei, Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads (Dragon detail), 2010. Belvedere. Courtesy the artist

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Marketa Luskacova, Child in Chiswick Women’s Aid, London, 1976 (1976), Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist

Tread Softly An Arts Council Collection National Partners exhibition 27 May–3 September 2017 Bothy Gallery #TreadSoftly / #ACCNationalPartners Tread Softly explores the realities of childhood, developing identity and family relationships, through artists revisiting and reassessing defining moments and people in their lives.

Selected largely from the Arts Council Collection by YSP, as part of the National Partners Programme, the exhibition features over 30 works of sculpture, film, photography and sound within the historic Bothy Gallery.

Shown alongside the selection are specially commissioned poems by acclaimed poet and Scottish Makar, Jackie Kay. The exhibition begins with black and white documentary photographs, largely from the 1970s. The images capture the complexities of family life and reflect the varied experiences of young people, from joyful play on a spacehopper to Markéta Luskacová’s compelling scenes within a women’s refuge.

Shame Chorus is a new sound installation

by Jordan McKenzie in which composers and musicians, including Billy Bragg and David McAlmont, have created songs based on the personal narratives of members of the London Gay Man’s Choir. From coming out to bullying, they explore the often painful process of finding yourself through the cathartic act of singing.

Powerful works by Tracey Emin and Grayson Perry reflect on finding salvation and escape from difficult circumstances, Perry’s Mad Kid’s Bedroom Wall Pot (1996) states “I got out ‘coz I could paint”.

Other artists featured include Vanley Burke, Tarik Chawdry, Marion Coutts, Mona Hatoum, Susan Hiller, Permindar Kaur, Mary Kelly, Kathy Prendergast, Saad Qureshi, Jo Spence and Bedwyr Williams.

Event: A Summer Evening of Poetry with Jackie Kay 27 July 2017 / 19.00 / £8, YSP Members £6 Join Jackie Kay for a wonderful summer evening of words and poetry, written in response to works featured in Tread Softly.

YSP is an Arts Council Collection National Partner.

Arts Council Collection is managed by Southbank Centre, London on behalf of Arts Council England.

17 June–17 September 2017 / YSP Centre #AlicePattullo Illustrator Alice Pattullo’s most ambitious project to date includes 60 new screen-printed editions revealing the artist’s fascination with traditions, superstitions and folklore. Transporting you into a forgotten era, Of House and Home takes you on a journey through a Victorian household from garden to parlour, culminating with the heart of the home – a recreation of a traditional fireplace and mantelpiece.

Informed by a love of historical research and the discovery of curious superstitions and rhymes surrounding the domestic every day, Pattullo’s new works introduce the modern-day house dweller to parlour pastimes, homemade plant remedies, kitchen folklore and protective talismans.

The Household Lore series, a collection of black and white screenprints, imparts worldly wisdom and old wives’ tales including Elderflower and

Hawthorn which claims ‘hawthorn bloom and elderflowers fill the house with evil powers’.

House Quilt, the largest work in the show made up of 100 screen-printed ‘patchwork’ blocks, references traditional American schoolhouse quilts and pays homage to the patchwork quilts made and collected by the artist’s mother when she was growing up. Pattullo’s personal interest in pattern, decoration and detail is evident within her work, which celebrates the beauty of everyday objects.

All works in Of House and Home are available to buy, along with a limited edition screen-print which is exclusive to and inspired by YSP. The artist has also created her first wallpaper design and an exclusive range of homeware for YSP Shop including an egg cup, biscuit tin and tray.

Event: Quilt Workshop with Alice Pattullo 8 July 2017 / 10.00–16.00 / £85, YSP Member £80 Using mark-making and print techniques, produce your own cut, collaged and decorated paper patchwork piece, with support from Pattullo.

Courtesy and © the artist

Alice Pattullo: Of House and Home

Jesse Darling, March of the Valedictorians, 2016. Courtesy the artist and Arcadia Missa. Photo Tim Bowditch

Occasional Geometries: Rana Begum Curates the Arts Council Collection An Arts Council Collection National Partners exhibition 15 July–29 October 2017 / Longside Gallery #OccasionalGeometries #ACCNationalPartners YSP presents Occasional Geometries, an exhibition selected largely from the Arts Council Collection by Bangladeshi-born artist and guest curator Rana Begum. Begum has established an internationally respected practice creating immaculately conceived and constructed abstract installations that challenge the distinction between two and three-dimensional practice, sculpture and painting.

A scroll through Begum’s Instagram feed immediately reveals a particular personal interest and delight in the occasional geometries of life. This might be the definition of an air vent, the architecture of a stairwell articulated through light and shadow, or the abstract pattern of a handrail.

Begum has selected works from the Arts Council Collection, plus additional works from other collections, by artists who share a similar viewpoint and those from different generations.

Throughout Longside Gallery, Begum’s selection creates an architectural, spatial and playful experience – one that is animated through movement and changing light. Her approach has been to bring together abstract works that, as she describes, ‘have a soul’. The exhibition takes its name from Richard Wentworth’s photograph Tirana, Occasional Geometries (2000), which features in the show. In his photography, Wentworth documents the everyday, paying attention to objects, occasional and involuntary geometries as well as uncanny situations that often go unnoticed.

The exhibition is accompanied by a limited edition publication, presented in an artistdesigned case.

Event: Exhibition Walk and Talk 14 September 2017 / 18.30 / £6, YSP Members £5 Join Begum to find out more about her practice and the inspiration behind Occasional Geometries.

YSP is an Arts Council Collection National Partner. Arts Council Collection is managed by Southbank Centre, London on behalf of Arts Council England.

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Haroon Mirza, Sunlight Infinato (Solar Symphony 5), 2014. Photovoltaic Panel, LEDs, circuitry, speaker, plywood, TV mount Courtesy hrm199 and Lisson Gallery. Photo Jack Hems

Glass Slides (detail), 1890–1939. Courtesy The Leslie Cowan Slide Collection

Haroon Mirza: Aestival Infinato (Solar Symphony 11)

Treasures Revealed: From the National Arts Education Archive

3 June–2 July 2017 Deer Shelter Skyspace #HaroonMirza

Until 3 September 2017 Sat–Tues, 11.00–15.00 / NAEA Gallery #TreasuresRevealed

Aestival Infinato (Solar Symphony 11) (2017) is a new sound and light sculpture by internationally acclaimed artist Haroon Mirza, in the James Turrell Deer Shelter Skyspace.

A photovoltaic panel attached to one wall, Aestival Infinato (Solar Symphony 11) emits a changing sound and light display, activated as direct sunlight tracks across the space. Conceived as a response to the Skyspace and part of the artist’s ongoing Solar Symphony series, the work takes its name from the old English word for summer and plays on the word ‘infinite’.

Event: Artist in Conversation 24 June 2017 / 15.00 / £5, YSP Members £4 Hear Mirza in conversation with Dr Suchitra Sebastian, Lecturer in Physics at the Maxwell Centre and Director of the Cavendish ArtsScience Project, University of Cambridge.

‘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!

To look through the material and understand the competing initiatives and investigations by artists and teachers in that period is to recharge one’s batteries.’ Bob and Roberta Smith, artist In celebration of YSP’s 40th anniversary, artists, supporters and volunteers have chosen 40 inspirational objects, collections and ideas from the National Arts Education Archive (NAEA).

Individuals were invited to choose objects that inform, inspire and delight, responding to the question ‘what is your treasure?’. The resulting exhibition, Treasures Revealed, includes selections by author Joanne Harris; artist and agitator Bob and Roberta Smith; politician Yvette Cooper; and artist Hester Reeve.

Events

Photos © Jim Varney / Jonty Wilde / David Lindsay

Events at YSP range from artist talks and sculpture courses to family workshops and landscape tours.

Here are some of this season’s highlights but you can find out more about all YSP events and book online at ysp.org.uk/events

Cornelia Parker: Artist Talk 13 June / 19.00 £10, YSP Members £8 Join us for a wonderful opportunity to hear internationally renowned artist Cornelia Parker talk about her practice, influences and work, including Neither From Nor Towards (1992), on display in the Chapel.

The Creation of Bretton’s Lakes 24 June / 15.00 / £8.50 (includes hot drinks, cake and parking) Join the Heritage team for a special summer walk exploring the beautiful viewpoints around the lakes and discover the stories that surround them.

Make Yourself at Home: Family Studio Space Sun–Tues from 30 July to 5 Sept / 11.00–16.00 Free (aimed at all ages) Drop in to our family friendly space for lots of creative and imaginative activities which explore ideas inspired by our current exhibitions.

Animal Escapades 2 Aug / 11.00–12.00, 13.00–14.00 & 15.00–16.00 £3 (aimed at under 6s) Meet Monkey, Rabbit, Ox and friends and participate in an animal escapade with storyteller Oksana Tyminska.

Have your animal voices ready to squawk & squeak, and join us as we hoppity skip, wriggle and roll near Ai Weiwei’s Zodiac Heads.

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Wire Bird Making with Chris Moss

Recharge: Yoga Retreat

12 Aug / 10.00–16.00 £85, YSP Members £80

27 Aug & 24 Sept 10.00–16.00 / £75

Create your own scribbly wire wren, sparrow or robin with support from expert wire sculptor Chris Moss.

Melt away your aches and pains and revive your energy in this special monthly yoga day. Taught by a range of teachers, each class focuses on different yoga styles and is followed by a delicious lunch and a nourishing afternoon activity.

Stone Carving 16–20 Aug & 6–10 Sept (five-day course) 10.00–16.00 / £305 Experiment with stone and different carving techniques to create a finished piece, led by skilled stonemason Marcia Bennett-Male. Using hand tools throughout, this in-depth course allows you to explore a detailed and intricate style of carving.

Discover, Explore: Family Arts Award Drop-in 16 & 17 Sept / 13.00–16.00 Free (aimed at age 5–11) Join us for fun family drop-in activities and find out how you can embark on an Arts Award journey at YSP.

14–16 July 2017 From dawn until dusk, experience everything that’s wonderful about YSP ysp.org.uk/WeekendofWonderfulThings #YSP40

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 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

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.

As a charity, 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. 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.

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Information / Shop

YSP Shop Summer 2017

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Providing a unique alternative to high street shopping, YSP Shop houses a distinctive selection of products from international artists, contemporary designers and makers.

This summer, our beautiful kitchenware includes Leach Pottery ceramics, chopping boards from Hay, David Mellor bowls and Quail’s animal egg cups. Other delights include geometric jewellery, stylish notebooks, potted plants and charming brushes and dusters.

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