-
Untitled (Bower), 2017 by Andy Holden, a recreation of a Bowerbird’s bower, with a view of the film A Natural History of Nest Building, Andy Holden & Peter Holden, 2017, through it. Andy Holden & Peter Holden, Natural Selection, 2017. An Artangel commission. Photo by Marcus J. Leith
-
Silent Spring, 2017 by Andy Holden and Geoffrey Leeson, turned wood; Lecture on Nesting, Andy Holden and Peter Holden, posters for collaborative performance, hung in front of Super Normal Stimulus, 2017, wallpaper by Andy Holden & Peter Holden. Andy Holden & Peter Holden, Natural Selection, 2017. An Artangel commission. Photo by Marcus J. Leith
-
Still from the opposite The Opposite of Time, 2017, by Andy Holden, three screen video with animated crow leading a social history of nest collecting. Andy Holden & Peter Holden, Natural Selection, 2017. An Artangel commission. Photo by Marcus J. Leith
-
How the Artist Was Led to the Study of Nature, 2017 by Andy Holden. Details of the sculptural installation of porcelain eggs. Andy Holden & Peter Holden, Natural Selection, 2017. An Artangel commission. Photo by Marcus J. Leith
Exhibition
Andy Holden & Peter Holden: Natural Selection
3 Feb 2018 – 22 Apr 2018
Regular hours
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 17:00
Cost of entry
Free
Address
- Devonshire Park
- College Road
- Eastbourne
England - BN21 4JJ
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- The 3 (local service) and 12A (from Brighton) stop near the Winter Gardens on Carlisle Rd.
- Eastbourne Train Station
Natural Selection marks the culmination of a five-year collaboration between artist Andy Holden and his father, the well-known ornithologist Peter Holden. Their collaborative work takes us on an ornithological journey: from the building of nests to the collecting of eggs.
About
Featuring objects, sculptures, videos and animation, the exhibition has been conceived to celebrate an astonishing diversity of natural forms and embrace different ways of looking. At first glance, it may appear to be about one kind of knowledge – natural history – but it is
equally concerned with social history, aesthetics and communication. Through their investigation into often overlooked subjects, the Holdens open up different areas of enquiry such as morphology, evolution, intelligence and creativity, as well as reflecting on the nature of collaboration and parental influence.
Natural Selection was commissioned by Artangel, Towner Art Gallery, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, and Leeds Art Gallery, with the support of the National Lottery through Arts
Council England, Spike Island and Bristol Green Capital 2015, the Henry Moore Foundation and Artangel’s Guardian Angels.
