Wander_Land

About

Wander_Land explores our relationship between landscape and wandering.  The exhibition is a next step, something of a sequel to the 2022 Chichester Cathedral exhibition, Together We Rise, in which Royal Society of Sculptors members reflected on their experience of, and response to, COVID lockdowns.

Wandering, in a conscious sense, suggests links with asceticism, joy, protest, well-being, environmental awareness and harmony.

In addition, and probably most closely associated with the location of Wander_Land, is the act of pilgrimage; St Michael’s Way, one of the Camino routes which leads to Santiago de Compostella in Northwest Spain, passes through Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens.

The responses by the artists to the theme of this exhibition are varied and intriguing. There is humour, ambiguity, beauty, environmental critique, and playfulness.  Wander_Land features work in a wide range of media and sizes, placed outside, and in three gallery spaces, on floor, wall and ceiling.

‘Conventional, excavated and eco-materials are used to explore ephemerality and the awareness and responsibility of 'Passing Through' as a privileged guest for a short while.’  Jane Fox.

‘I’m thrilled to be hosting Wander_Land at and around the gallery, and I’ll be excited to see the works produced by the Royal Society of Sculptors artists contributing to this unique exhibition’.  Neil Armstrong, Director.

The work is selected by the artists themselves.  Penzance-based art writer Martin Holman is advising throughout.

Artists involved

Tabatha Andrews, Pauline Antram, Barbara Beyer, Michael Blow, Ann-Margreth Bohl, Philip Booth, Ros Burgin, Doug Burton, Fiona Campbell, Dallas Collins, Chris Dunseath, Emma Elliott/Susie Olczak, Jane Fox, Anna Gillespie, Simon Hitchens, Jane Jobling, Alistair Lambert, William Lasdun, Ian Marlow, Robert Marshall, Seamus Moran, Rebecca Newnham, Kate Parsons, Suzanne Blank Redstone, Mark Richards, Jilly Sutton, and David Worthington.

Exhibitors are members of the Royal Society of Sculptors, based in London with over 700 members worldwide.  The group exhibiting here came together during the pandemic, via Zoom, and is based largely in the South West UK.

Dates:

1st July – 5th August 2023. PV 30th June, 6-8pm. Artist talks, 1st July 2.30 – 4 pm. Closing event: 5th August am & pm.

Address: Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Nr. Gulval, Penzance, TR20 8YL

Times: Daily 11am – 4pm

Admission to exhibition: Free. Ticket required for wider woodland/gardens 

Website: https://www.tremenheere.co.uk/exhibition/royal-society-of-sculptors-wander_land/

Tel: 01736 448089

Instagram: @wanderland2023