YSP What's On Spring 2018

YSP SPRING 2018

YSP Spring 2018

‘Britain’s first and finest sculpture park’ William Cook, BBC

Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) is one of the best places in the world 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: Alfredo Jaar, I Can’t Go On. I’ll Go On, 2016. Courtesy the artist, New York.

Phyllida Barlow, Untitled:triplestackboulders and Untitled:squatboulder, 2014.

Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photos © Jonty Wilde

As YSP moves into its fifth decade of art without walls, don’t miss the visually and emotionally stunning work of pioneering Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar, in the Underground Gallery and open air. The Garden of Good and Evil takes you on a powerful journey that explores human trauma and the politics of image making.

In the Bothy and Garden Galleries, we highlight the radical and vital work of arts and environment charity, Common Ground.

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YSP Spring 2018 While in the 18th-century Chapel, Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota presents an awe-inspiring installation of white thread. Drawing from the history of the building, the work responds to the Park’s unique heritage and context.

In Longside Gallery, the Arts Council Collection’s touring exhibition In My Shoes explores the ways in which artists based in the UK have represented themselves through self-portraiture since the 1990s.

In the National Arts Education Archive (NAEA), Art, Games and Play: Don Pavey and Other Collections investigates the relationship between art and play, through the rich resources of the NAEA.

Current Artists & Projects

Chiharu Shiota, Uncertain Journey, 2016. Blain Southern, Berlin, Germany. Installation, metal frames, red wool.

Photo Christian Gläser. Copyright VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2017 and the artist

30 March–2 September 2018 Chapel #ChiharuShiota

Chiharu Shiota, Where are we going?, 2017. Le Bon Marché, Paris, France. Installation, white wool, wires.

Photo Sunhi Mang. Copyright VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2017 and the artist

Internationally acclaimed installation and performance artist Chiharu Shiota presents Beyond Time, an awe-inspiring, site-specific installation of woollen thread within the beautiful 18th-century Chapel.

Born in Japan in 1972, the Berlin-based artist has received critical recognition worldwide for large-scale works such as The Key In The Hand (2015), an elaborate entanglement of red thread and keys, which she made when selected to represent Japan at the Venice Biennale. Her radical yet poetic artistic approach explores personal themes of loss and memory through intricately woven installations, referencing life, death and belonging.

At YSP, within the Chapel’s nave, an ethereal web of white thread sweeps towards the heavens. Emerging from a steel structure, suggesting an absent musical instrument, Beyond Time references the building’s unique heritage, revisiting and honouring architectural and spiritual elements that no longer exist.

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Chiharu Shiota: Beyond Time Drawing from the Chapel’s rich history and years of human presence, dating back to 1744, the installation makes poignant allusion to the bells that were rung, the songs that were sung, and the lives that revolved around it, from cradle to grave. Characteristic of her work’s resonance with memory and human relationships, the installation interlaces the physical and conceptual to create a new visual plane – as if painting in mid-air.

Within the context of the rolling Yorkshire landscape, Beyond Time, woven from 2,000 balls of wool, provides a curious connection to the roaming sheep that call YSP their home.

An artist-designed limited edition accompanies the exhibition and is available to purchase, with all proceeds supporting YSP. Event – Mindful Moments on Slow Art Day 14 April / 09.00–10.30 / £10 Discover the joy of looking at and loving art.

Using our Mindful Moments cards look slowly at Beyond Time and make your own discoveries.

Exhibition supported by The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation

Alfredo Jaar, The Garden of Good and Evil, 2017. Courtesy the artist and a/political. Photo © Jonty Wilde

Alfredo Jaar: The Garden of Good and Evil Until 8 April 2018 Underground Gallery and open air #AlfredoJaar ‘A provocateur, who exposes injustice and suffering with savage subtlety but also with a profound sense of humanity’ Richard Holledge, The New European Widely regarded as one of the world’s most politically engaging and poetic artists, Alfredo Jaar addresses human trauma and the politics of image-making, creating visually and emotionally stunning works.

Jaar’s major new work, The Garden of Good and Evil (2017), was developed especially for YSP. Installed outside the Underground Gallery, a grove of 101 beautiful trees with nine steel cells gradually reveals itself as troubling, with dark undertones. Generously donated by the artist and a/political, the work will find a permanent home in the YSP collection after the exhibition.

Inside the gallery, The Sound of Silence (2006) is a seminal and much lauded work

that has been seen around the world. With Jaar’s characteristic sensitivity, the installation exposes the making of a devastating image from the 1993 Sudanese famine, which drew global attention and led to aid being directed to the famine, but also to the photographer’s death.

Other works in the exhibition shine a light on the ongoing refugee crisis as well as investigating personal and political grief.

Jaar’s work has been exhibited in major museums and he has participated in Documenta and the Venice and Sao Paulo Biennales numerous times.

He has realised over 60 public interventions internationally and his work is held in important collections including the Guggenheim Museum, the MCA in Chicago, and Tate, London.

Artist Talk: It is Difficult 22 March 2018 / 19.00 / £10, YSP Members £8 A powerful and captivating speaker, Jaar discusses the inspiration behind his most recent work, the creation of The Garden of Good and Evil and his YSP exhibition.

Exhibition supported by Galerie Lelong & Co., Ford Foundation, and Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger.

An Arts Council Collection National Partner exhibition Until 15 April 2018 / Bothy Gallery #RevoltAndRevolutions / #ACCNationalPartners Revolt & Revolutions gives an insight into counterculture and anti-establishment movements of recent times, and shows the work of artists who seek to make a difference.

Ruth Ewan’s A Jukebox of People Trying to Change the World (2003) invites you to select from an ever-growing archive of protest songs, recently updated to include the Trump era.

Larry Achiampong and David Blandy’s new film FF Gaiden: Legacy tells the story of local Castleford resident Alison Catherall’s life and its parallels with the impact of the decline in local industries and mine closures.

Event: Let’s Play Vinyl – Heritage HiFi 3 March 2018 / 12.00–16.00 / Free / Drop In Hear vintage reggae vinyl played on the custom-built Heritage HiFi. Dig out your old dub and reggae 7-inches and join us.

Steve Johnston, Punk Portrait, 1977–78. Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist

24 March–2 September 2018 Sat–Tues, 11.00–15.00 / NAEA Gallery #ArtAndPlay / #DonPavey Drawn from the vast holdings of the National Arts Education Archive (NAEA), this exhibition explores the relationship between art, games and play through the extensive collection of lecturer and author Don Pavey, and the work of other influential educators.

Evidenced through children’s pictures, book displays, artefacts, toys, puzzles and illustrations, Art, Games and Play provides a context for the exploration of ideas in the world of games and play, and questions the place they hold in shaping perception and knowledge.

The exhibition displays diverse investigations and celebrations of games and play as fundamental human behaviours. The art generated as a consequence provides a fascinating insight into aspects of human activity and their ongoing influences.

Courtesy the Franz Cizek Collection

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YSP is an Arts Council Collection National Partner.

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

Art, Games and Play: Don Pavey and Other Collections

Current Artists & Projects

Revolt & Revolutions

Andy Goldsworthy. Silver Birch. Forms for Hooke Park. Hooke Park, Dorset, April, 1986. From New Milestones: Sculpture, Community and the Land.

Courtesy Common Ground

Common Ground 5 May–2 September 2018 Bothy Gallery and Garden Gallery #CommonGround Since 1983, the Dorset-based arts and environmental charity Common Ground has collaborated widely across the arts to celebrate the relationship between people and place.

The idea of ‘local distinctiveness’ is at the heart of everything they do, and for the last 35 years they have inspired people all over the country through campaigns like Apple Day, Parish Maps, New Milestones and Trees, Woods and the Green Man. Common Ground champions the ordinary, everyday aspects of the local environment, such as tree-lined streets or garden wildlife, and draws attention to the easily overlooked richness of local landscapes.

In the Garden Gallery, an archival display documents some of Common Ground’s most iconic initiatives. The New Milestones project in Dorset helped communities commission sculptures for the landscape by artists including Peter Randall-Page, Andy Goldsworthy and John Maine. Trees, Woods and the Green Man explored the cultural and natural value of

trees and is represented through drawings by David Nash made to illustrate the publication In a Nutshell, and diary works from Goldsworthy’s residency on Hampstead Heath in 1986.

The Bothy Gallery exhibition concentrates on Common Ground’s work with a new generation of contemporary artists. It shares the outcomes and documentation of new commissions developed by Common Ground to mark the 800th anniversary of the Charter of the Forest, in collaboration with the Woodland Trust.

Extending the exhibitions into the open air, Supernature (2018), a sound work by South African artist James Webb, tells stories and creates conversations between trees within the YSP landscape. Broadcast from speakers concealed within trees around the Park, Webb gives an audio reading of the Bretton Estate, paying special attention to the presence, history and imaginative possibility of trees.

Event – Tree Tales: Nature’s Sculptural Giants 5 May 2018 / From 10.30 / Free Hear tales of YSP’s landscape, trees and folklore, amongst nature’s sculptural giants, with performance storyteller Martin Maudsley.

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Sarah Lucas, Eating a Banana (1990), from Self Portraits 1990–98, iris print. Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist 2018

In My Shoes: Art and the Self since the 1990s

so-called ‘Young British Artists’ including Tracey Emin, Sarah Lucas and Gavin Turk, who received international attention for putting themselves in the frame with bold and confrontational works.

An Arts Council Collection Touring Exhibition 30 March–17 June 2018 Longside Gallery #InMyShoes

The exhibition continues with the work of a younger generation of artists, including Emma Hart, Rachel Maclean and Bedwyr Williams, who play active roles within their art. Bedwyr Williams’ installation Walk a mile in my shoes (2006), on generous loan from the Saatchi Collection, takes the form of a shoe shop, with visitors invited to explore the gallery whilst wearing a pair of the artist’s size 13 shoes.

Self-portraiture maintains an enduring presence throughout art history; in recent years artists have revolutionised and extended the genre by incorporating action, performance, narrative and explorations of identity.

In My Shoes explores the ways in which UKbased artists have represented themselves in their work since the 1990s. Encompassing a range of media including film, photography and sculpture, this exhibition draws primarily from the Arts Council Collection, with key loans from other UK collections, to investigate these dynamic approaches. The rise of the ‘selfie’ in contemporary society and the construction of digital identities through social media offers a timely wider context for the exhibition.

In My Shoes offers an opportunity to reflect upon the legacy of a key aspect of 1990s British art. The show begins with key early works by

In My Shoes is accompanied by a variety of free drop-in gallery activities and a full programme of events.

The Arts Council Collection is managed by Southbank Centre, London and includes the Sculpture Centre located at Longside, Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

Marco Miehling, A Tree is a Big Plant with a Stick up in the Middle PT.II, 2017.

Photo © Santiago Reyes Villaveces, 2017

Dillan Marsh and Eleanor Clare, Through the Gabbling Gateway, 2017. Installation at BOA, Oslo.

Photo Marsh/Clare 2017

Marco Miehling: The Boatswain’s Reclaim

Dillan Marsh and Eleanor Clare

Visiting Artist Spring/Summer 2018

Visiting Artists Spring/Summer 2018

Marco Miehling returns to YSP with his new project The Boatswain’s Reclaim, which has developed following his residency in 2017.

Artists Dillan Marsh and Eleanor Clare are visiting YSP this spring to explore connections between real and imaginative spaces inspired by the Park’s history and the traditions of passing down knowledge such as folk tales and lullabies.

Installed in the Boathouse, the work references the building’s true function and the imaginary return of the Boatswain, the person who traditionally would have maintained the boats on the Estate.

Referencing the structure and materials of the Boathouse, rope and knot fastenings become the primary fixing methods for the sculptures.

By choosing functionality over aesthetics, Miehling pays tribute to the history of the building and visitors are invited into the space for a moment of contemplation.

Developed from onsite research, field recordings and material from the YSP archives, the artists will develop a new work inspired by the connections between sculpture in landscape, ancient monuments, ritual and our relationship to the land. Interested in the fashion for landscaping that gained popularity in the 18th century, Marsh and Clare intend to draw out aspects of nature and the fictional, the façade versus the sublime.

Supported by Bergen Kommune, Billedkunstnernes Verderlagsfond and Office for Contemporary Art (OCA) Norway.

Giuseppe Penone Coming soon – opens 26 May 2018 Underground Gallery and open air

Giuseppe Penone, Albero folgorato, 2012. Courtesy the artist. Photo Š Archivio Penone

Events

Photos © Rachel Massey / Jonty Wilde / Lee Ward

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

My Collection

Voice for Change

3 Mar / 11.00–16.00 / Free

12 April / From 11.00 / Free

Spend the day celebrating, sharing and making collections. With family activities and print-making, curator tours, vintage vinyl and a special exhibition, you’ll discover treasures from the Arts Council Collection and the NAEA, and get the chance to create your own.

Inspired by Revolt & Revolutions, join us for pop-up poetry, the Protest ARTcart, a Hidden Forest drop-in for younger protesters, and short stories in the Bothy Gallery.

Also, meet members of the Chilean Community Association or take part in your own ‘craftivism’ in response to In My Shoes.

Pick ‘n’ Mix Portraits: Photography for Families 17 Mar / 14.00–16.00 / £3 (aimed at age 11+) There are many different ways to create an interesting photograph.

Which one will you choose to represent who you are?

Take up our playful pick ‘n’ mix photography challenge and share your photos using #picknmixYSP

Museums at Night 18 May / 17.00–21.00 Enjoy the grounds of YSP until 9pm or book on to a special event, from openair theatre performances and a behind-the-scenes Giuseppe Penone preview to a candlelit Twilight Lake Walk and Nightfall in the Woods.

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Botanicals: Spring Blossom

Sculpture Skills: Sculpting in Plaster

20 May / 10.00–16.00 / £40

9+10 Jun / 10.00–16.00 / £135

A magical and relaxing day gathering and drawing plants and learning about their medicinal properties, with medical herbalist Sue Salmon and illustrator and botanical artist Talya Baldwin.

Join sculptor Lewis Robinson in this two-day workshop to create your own free-standing tabletop sculptures in plaster, using wire armatures.

Hand-Stitched Quilting Workshop 2 Jun / 10.00–16.00 / £85, YSP Members £80 Instructed by talented textile artist Abigail Booth, this introduction to traditional hand quilting will give you the skills to create your own beautiful handstitched cloth quilt.

The Creation of Bretton’s Lakes

Fid the matching silhouette!

23 June / 14.00–16.00 / £9.50 A summer heritage walk exploring the beautiful viewpoints around the lakes. Discover the stories that surround their creation including Sir Thomas Wentworth’s boat, The Aurora. Finish your walk with afternoon tea served at the Greek Temple.

Experienc and interact with our sclptures from literally ever angle!

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Henry Moore, Large Two Forms, 1966–69.

Reproduced by permission of The Henry Moore Foundation. Photo © Jonty Wilde

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 24 March 2018 Grounds, YSP Centre & Shop: 10.00–17.00 Restaurant & Café: 10.00–16.00 Galleries: 10.00–16.00 From 25 March 2018 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: £3 (up to 1 hour), £6 (1–2 hours), £10 (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 You’re welcome to find out how the sculptures feel, unless requested otherwise, but please don’t sit or climb on them. 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. 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 Highlights

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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. ysp.org.uk/shop

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1 Ella Doran ‘Brushwood Bark’ Umbrella / £30 2 Materia Rica ‘Archway Lodge’ Decoration / £10 3 Blonde Chocolate and Sea Salt from The Chocolate Society / £4.50 4 Honest Skincare Body Lotion / £26 5 Bohemia Hanging Basket / £19

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We are building another Walk of Art at our new visitor centre, due for completion in summer 2018.

Be a part of this prestigious work of art and help to support YSP in the process. ysp.org.uk/walk-of-art