Exhibition

A Fine Balance at Houghton Hall PE31 6TY

12 Jul 2020 – 1 Nov 2020

Regular hours

Monday
Closed
Tuesday
Closed
Wednesday
11:00 – 17:00
Thursday
11:00 – 17:00
Friday
11:00 – 17:00
Saturday
11:00 – 17:00
Sunday
11:00 – 17:00

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Please see https://www.houghtonhall.com/ for opening times and tickets. Entry by pre-booked tickets only

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Contemporary and Country

Norwich
England, United Kingdom

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A Fine Balance presents contemporary art and handmade objects at Houghton Hall alongside Anish Kapoor this summer as well as online by established artists and makers based in the east of England. Please book tickets for Houghton Hall in advance

About

A Fine Balance will be our fourth pop-up exhibition of art and handmade objects by artists and makers from East Anglia held in The Stables at Houghton Hall. The exhibition will feature recent work by more than 40 artists and makers who explore narratives that reference our landscape, the creatures that share it, natural materials and processes, and how mankind’s activities affect and influence it. The fine balance these artists seek is often a moment, or a tipping point that brings attention to an aspect of our surroundings that has been overlooked or undervalued.

The situation we now find ourselves in collectively, as the Covid-19 epidemic runs its devastating course means that our relationship with ‘the great outdoors’ has probably changed forever. The artists and makers we have included in the exhibition are ahead of the curve, creating memorable images that will chime with the public, post lockdown. During the last four months we have all had to become aware of our vulnerability to forces we mistakenly assumed we had mastered. We respond viscerally to a favourite view or landscape, much as we would if our home or family were under threat. The exhibition holds up a mirror to what we perceive, or have hidden, in the complex confluence between the sustainable and natural, the artificial and man-made.

CuratorsToggle

Paul Vater

Paul Vater

Paul Barratt

Paul Barratt

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Pandora Mond - painter

Pandora Mond - painter

Tim Simmons - photographer

Tim Simmons - photographer

Will Cutts - painter

Will Cutts - painter

Peter Wylie - painter

Peter Wylie - painter

Tim Plunkett - wood turning

Tim Plunkett - wood turning

Ivy Smith - works on paper

Ivy Smith - works on paper

Amanda Edgcombe - painter

Amanda Edgcombe - painter

Christopher Marvell - sculpture

Christopher Marvell - sculpture

Dan David - sculpture

Dan David - sculpture

Suzi Joel - painter

Suzi Joel - painter

Kate Giles - painter

Kate Giles - painter

Toby Winteringham - bespoke furniture

Toby Winteringham - bespoke furniture

Keron Beattie - sculpture

Keron Beattie - sculpture

Louisa Jones - works on paper

Louisa Jones - works on paper

Gareth Hacon - Photographer

Gareth Hacon - Photographer

Zarya Austin Fell

Zarya Austin Fell

Natalie Odile Long - painter

Natalie Odile Long - painter

Heather Connor - textiles

Heather Connor - textiles

Debby Besford - Photographer

Debby Besford - Photographer

Bridget Heriz - works on paper

Bridget Heriz - works on paper

Roger Hardy - sculpture

Roger Hardy - sculpture

Steve Gore Rowe - wood turning

Steve Gore Rowe - wood turning

Maria Pavledis - works on paper

Maria Pavledis - works on paper

Liz Taunt - works on paper

Liz Taunt - works on paper

Katargyna Coleman - works on paper

Katargyna Coleman - works on paper

Tracey Ross - painter

Tracey Ross - painter

Dan Meek - sculpture

Dan Meek - sculpture

Polly Cruse - Photographer

Polly Cruse - Photographer

Ruth Howes - works on paper

Ruth Howes - works on paper

Jonathan Clarke - sculpture

Jonathan Clarke - sculpture

Paul Wolterink - works on paper

Paul Wolterink - works on paper

Lorraine Bewick - painter

Lorraine Bewick - painter

Molly Thomson - painter

Molly Thomson - painter

Ferenc Cseh - painter

Ferenc Cseh - painter

Sue Kirk - basket weaving

Sue Kirk - basket weaving

Ben Pusey - sculpture

Ben Pusey - sculpture

Judith Ellis - Book Binder

Judith Ellis - Book Binder

Colin Self - works on paper

Colin Self - works on paper

Rachael Long - sculpture

Rachael Long - sculpture

Liz McGowan - works on paper

Liz McGowan - works on paper

Lucy Loveheart - works on paper

Lucy Loveheart - works on paper

Andrew Jones - sculpture

Andrew Jones - sculpture

Joceline Wickham - painter

Joceline Wickham - painter

Linda Jamieson - painter

Linda Jamieson - painter

Laura Huston - ceramics

Laura Huston - ceramics

Verity Newman - painter

Verity Newman - painter

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