Piet Oudoulf in Oudolf Field, Hauser & Wirth Somerset
Rashid Johnson. Stranger, Hauser & Wirth Somerset, 27 May – 10 September 2017
Rashid Johnson employs a wide range of materials and images to explore themes of art history, literature, philosophy, and personal and cultural identity. His exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Somerset unfolds throughout the entire gallery, with a combination of painting, sculpture, installation, and drawing, all completed during his two-month long residency in Somerset.
Bharti Kher, Artist in Residence, Hauser & Wirth Somerset
Hauser & Wirth Somerset is pleased to welcome Bharti Kher as artist-in-residence from September – December 2017. Kher has exhibited at numerous museums and institutions internationally, including the Freud Museum London, London, England (2016), Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth, Australia (2016), Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (2016), Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China (2014), Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, London (2012), the Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (2012); the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (2010); the Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria (2009); the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK (2008); the South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa (2007); and the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT (2006); among others.
Bharti Kher received the Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2015, was awarded the YFLO Woman Achiever of the Year in 2007 and received the ARKEN prize in 2010.
Bharti Kher lives and works in New Delhi.
Places to see in ( Bruton - UK )
Places to see in ( Bruton - UK )
Bruton is a town in Somerset, southwest England, known for its verdant countryside. On a hill in Jubilee Park, the Dovecote is a former watchtower from the 16th century with views of the town. Hauser & Wirth Somerset, an arts centre in converted farm buildings, hosts modern art exhibitions and seminars. To the east, woodland trails lead to King Alfred’s Tower, a folly commemorating the end of the Seven Years’ War.
Bruton is a small town, electoral ward, and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the River Brue along the A359 between Frome and Yeovil. It is 7 miles (11 km) south-east of Shepton Mallet, just south of Snakelake Hill and Coombe Hill, 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Gillingham and 12 miles (19 km) south-west of Frome in the South Somerset district. The town and electoral ward have a population of 2,907. The parish includes the hamlets of Wyke Champflower and Redlynch.
Bruton has a museum dedicated to the display of items from Bruton's past from the Jurassic geology up to the present day. The museum houses a table used by the author John Steinbeck to write on during his six-month stay in Bruton. The River Brue has a long history of flooding in Bruton. In 1768 the river rose very rapidly and destroyed a stone bridge.
It was the site of Bruton Abbey, a medieval Augustinian priory from which a wall remains in the Plox close to Bow Bridge. The priory was sold after the dissolution of the monasteries to the courtier Sir Maurice Berkeley (died 1581) whose Bruton branch of the Berkeley family converted it into a mansion which was demolished in the late eighteenth century.
The Dovecote which overlooks Bruton was built in the sixteenth century. It was at one time used as a house, possibly as a watchtower and as a dovecote. It is a Grade II* listed building and ancient monument. It is managed by the National Trust. The building was once within the deerpark of the Abbey and was adapted by the monks from a gabled Tudor tower.
Bruton was part of the hundred of Bruton. Bruton is referenced in a well-known English folk song, The Bramble Briar. A very rare copy of an Inspeximus of Magna Carta was discovered in Bruton in the 1950s and claimed by King's School, Bruton. The sale of the school's copy to the Australian National Museum paid for a great deal of the building work at the school.
Much of the town's history is exhibited at the Bruton Museum. The museum is housed in the Dovecote Building, in the town's High Street. The building also contains a tourist information office. The Bruton Museum Society was formed in 1989 and involved the community and local schools in the development of the collection of local artefacts. It was initially housed in the basement of the Co-Op and then in a disused Coach House owned by the National Westminster Bank. The museum moved to its current location in 1999 after it was jointly purchased by South Somerset District Council and Bruton Town Council.
Bruton station lies on the Great Western Main Line (in a section often referred to as the Berks and Hants route) between Westbury and Taunton. This route is the most direct between London (Paddington) and the West Country (ending at Penzance), but is slower due to the geographical nature of the route. The stretch between Westbury and Castle Cary is also part of the Heart of Wessex line served by Great Western Railway services between Bristol Temple Meads and Weymouth.
Work to build the railway line at Bruton Railway Cutting exposed geology of the epoch of the Middle Jurassic. It is one of the best places in England to demonstrate the stratigraphic distinction of ammonites in the subcontractus zone and the morrisi zone.
( Bruton - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Bruton . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Bruton - UK
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The Land We Live In – The Land We Left Behind, Hauser & Wirth Somerset
Curator Adam Sutherland introduces ‘The Land We Live In – The Land We Left Behind’, an ambitious survey exhibition exploring the contradictory nature of society’s relationship to the rural. The presentation features over 50 international artists and creatives, as well as works on loan, by artists working from the 1500s to the present day, including Paul McCarthy, Beatrix Potter, Carsten Höller, Laure Prouvost, William Holman Hunt, Samuel Palmer, Frank Lloyd Wright, Marcus Coates, Fernando García-Dory, Mark Dion, Roni Horn, Aaron Angell and Mark Wallinger.
With protagonists ranging from 10th-century anchorites to 21st-century urban ruralists, ‘The Land We Live In – The Land We Left Behind’ tells the story of humanity’s evolving connection to the land, our perception of, and reliance upon it. Viewers have the opportunity to engage with the themes of the exhibition through a series of participatory artists’ projects and practical presentations, such as aquaponics, fermentation, goat milking and cheese making.
Visit to Hauser & Wirth Art Galleries, Bruton, Somerset, Part 4
Paul McCarthy Ship Adrift, Ship of Fools
Paul McCarthy is one of America’s most influential artists. Based in Los Angeles, California, McCarthy is known for his challenging work in a variety of media including performance, drawing, painting and sculpture. His work has been shown in major institutions such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York NY; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden; Whitechapel Gallery, London, England; and Tate Modern, London, England.
McCarthy’s ‘Ship Adrift, Ship of Fools’ (2010 – 2011), on view in St. James’s Square until 15 February 2012, is a monumental bronze sculpture of a small ship carrying ten abstracted children. McCarthy has modelled the work on Hummels, mid-century kitsch German figurines that embodied innocence and purity. Here, McCarthy explores cultural representations of childhood and naivety, themes that have played a significant role throughout his artistic practice.
Scattered around the sculpture’s base are paintbrushes, pipes, and buckets overflowing with foam resting on a plush carpet and – like the ship – memorialised in bronze. These miscellaneous items from the artist’s studio are remnants of the work’s construction. They mark the passage of time and document McCarthy’s unique sculptural process
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Phyllida Barlow in conversation with Simon Grant at Hauser & Wirth Somerset
Thursday 10th July 2014, 2pm
Hauser & Wirth Somerset
Visit to Hauser & Wirth Art Galleries, Bruton, Somerset, Part 3
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The garden is newly designed and planted, it is really nice with lots of unusual grasses, flowers and shrubs, there is more development going on at the top end of the garden, so next time we visit it will be interesting to see what has emerged up there.
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ART OF THE GARDEN: Jason Ingram at Hauser & Wirth Somerset
Curated by Caroline Donald
27 September 2014, Hauser & Wirth Somerset
Phyllida Barlow in conversation with Mariella Frostrup at Hauser & Wirth Somerset
Hauser & Wirth Somerset, 18 September 2014.
On way home from Somerset, UK.
Elisabeth Frink. Transformation, Hauser & Wirth Somerset, 19 January – 7 May 2017
Senior Director Alice Workman introduces 'Elisabeth Frink. Transformation' at Hauser & Wirth Somerset
ART OF THE GARDEN: Dan Pearson, The Garden as Vision
Dan Pearson is one of today’s most influential garden and landscape designers, known for his painterly naturalistic perennial planting, with work ranging from private gardens around the world to the 240-hectare Tokachi Millennium Forest Garden in northern Japan. In this talk, he will discuss the ever-increasing inspiration and influence the landscape has had on his designs, as well as his latest project with Thomas Heatherwick – the proposed Garden Bridge traversing the Thames between the Strand and the South Bank, which is exciting much interest across the world.
Curated by Caroline Donald
Hauser & Wirth Somerset, 22 January 2015
Djordje Ozbolt. Brave New World, Hauser & Wirth Somerset, 19 January – 17 May 2017
Djordje Ozbolt introduces his exhibition 'Brave New World' at Hauser & Wirth Somerset. Following the artist’s residency with the gallery in 2016, at The Maltings Studios in Bruton, ‘Brave New World’ introduces an entirely new body of work conceived during Ozbolt’s residency, and the show’s title takes its name from the 1932 science fiction classic by Aldous Huxley.
The Newt Somerset 2019
The magnificent garden at The Newt in Somerset opened to visitors this year. So much to see & absorb in one day, thank goodness for the opportunity to visit again before the year is out for free. I knew it was gonna be good but was quite taken back by just how good it was. The last time I saw this garden was in a previous incarnation when it was run by the fabulous Nori & Sandra Pope & it was a joy to behold then. I'm glad to have seen the garden in its new infancy & look forward to watching it grow & develop over the years to come.
A Short Ride Through Bruton in Somerset
A few streets in the pretty and historic Somerset town.
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Farmfest 2016 – Official Film (Bruton, Somerset, UK)
Farmfest UK, Bruton Somerset, 2016 official highlights film.
Credit: Giulia Savorelli & Luke Deering
Bruton Least Used Station in Somerset
Miss Daisy and Diane visit Bruton, the least used station in Somerset. They then explore the town, before returning to Guildford Surrey.
Exhibition tour and discussion with Annette Ratuszniak, Hauser & Wirth Somerset, 20 January 2017
Annette Ratuszniak, curator of The Frink Estate and Archive, shares her insights into 'Elisabeth Frink. Transformation' and provides fascinating information on the background of the works.
Moodmasters video content : Grass Garden
Absolutely love grass garden designs. This garden we shot for one of our clients ( Van Raaijen Hoveniers ) in Almere the Netherlands. They built and planted this stunning sanctuary working closely with the property owners to create something truly unique.
Holland has one of the worlds renowned garden architect Piet Oudolf who uses grass in garden as well as urban habitats.
Piet Oudolf (Dutch pronunciation (born 27 October 1944 in Haarlem) is an influential Dutch garden designer, nurseryman and author. He is a leading figure of the New Perennial movement, using bold drifts of herbaceous perennials and grasses which are chosen at least as much for their structure as for their flower colour.
Books:
His books include Gardening With Grasses (1998) (with Michael King and Beth Chatto), Dream Plants for the Natural Garden (2000) and Planting the Natural Garden (2003) (both with Henk Gerritsen), Designing With Plants (1999), Planting Design: Gardens in Time and Space (2005) (both with Noel Kingsbury) and Landscapes in Landscapes (2011), Planting: A New Perspective (Timber Press, 2013), and the most recent, Hummelo: A Journey Through a Plantsman's Life (2015) (with Noel Kingsbury).
Projects:
High Line (New York City, 2006),
Battery Park (New York City, 2003),
ABN Amro Bank (Netherlands, 2000),
Hoogeland (Netherlands, 2001),
the Lurie Garden, a gigantic green roof over the car park of Millennium Park (Chicago, 2003 - with Kathryn Gustafson)
Scampston Hall (England, 2002-2003).
Millennium Garden at Pensthorpe Nature Reserve
Country Cork Garden, Republic of Ireland
Parts of Kurpark Bad Driburg, Germany
Municipal park of Enköping, Sweden
He is the designer of the interior garden of the 2011 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London, in collaboration with the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor.
His own garden, at Hummelo, near Arnhem in the Netherlands has been created since 1982. It has gone through many changes which reflect Oudolf's constantly developing planting design. Initially it was designed with a series of yew (Taxus baccata) hedges and blocks, reflecting Oudolf's architectural style which owed much to Mien Ruys, the designer who dominated Dutch garden design in the post-war period.
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