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Cornelia Parker, Neither From Nor Towards, 1992 Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London © the artist
Exhibition
[Re]Construct: A National Partners Programme Exhibition from the Arts Council Collection
1 Apr 2017 – 25 Jun 2017
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
- West Bretton
- Wakefield
- WF4 4LG
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- For West Yorkshire timetables call 0113 245 7676, for South Yorkshire timetables call 01709 515151 alternatively, visit www.wymetro.com
- Wakefield Westgate is the nearest main line station, around 7 miles from YSP. A taxi from the station costs approx £10. London King's Cross to Wakefield takes around 2 hours.
This exhibition explores ways in which artists have incorporated architecture into their work using a process of deconstruction and reconstruction in order to interrogate and manipulate its forms.
About
Gaston Bachelard wrote: “A house constitutes a body of images that give mankind proofs or illusions of stability”. Several of the works question our ideas about the materiality and permanence of the built environment, with bricks made of wax, wall plugs crafted from onyx, reassembled ruined structures, and bodies painted to look like stone. Other objects insinuate themselves into the very fabric of the building, their presence subtly altering the architectural status quo.
Buildings are designed, inhabited and animated by people; they are the containers of our stories and memories, framing almost every aspect of our experience. Many of the represented works meld human and built histories, making manifest the often invisible presence of lives within. Commissioned in 1744, YSP’s Chapel is an exceptional space, which also embodies the extraordinary way in which buildings can independently engender very particular qualities such as peacefulness and spirituality. Here the works on display further intensify the already heightened relationship between the viewer and their immediate environment.
