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Lord Faringdon and the Trustees of the Faringdon Collection Trust are delighted to present an exhibition of glass sculpture by award-winning artists Richard Jackson and Sally Fawkes, in the gardens of Buscot Park.
The sculptures will be displayed throughout the gardens, and the artists have chosen each piece to respond to the different vistas, atmosphere, and planting in the gardens. For example, in Harold Peto’s Water Gardens, visitors will find Flow (Land and Water), situated at a crossing of paths and aligned with Peto’s flowing water channel, while Living Column, inspired by a 250 year old sycamore tree, continues an avenue of trees and echoes a nearby fir tree. The more intimate setting of the walled garden encourages close looking at Oblique Echoes II, which encourages us to explore how our sense of sight connects with our thought processes. Two dramatic large-scale pieces, Aspire and Inhale Exhale punctuate the south lawn in front of the house. Inhale Exhale expresses a single moment of poise, a pause, to breathe in and out and experience a moment of calm. The title of the exhibition, Exhale, recognises the positive contribution that art and nature, brought together in outdoor sculpture, can make to our mental health and wellbeing.
Lord Faringdon said: “We are delighted to be partnering with glass artists Jackson Fawkes to present their first solo outdoor exhibition in the UK, and our first contemporary exhibition at Buscot Park. With their work already represented in the Faringdon Collection, they are the perfect fit, and we hope that visitors will enjoy discovering their outdoor sculptures in our beautiful gardens this year.”
Sally Fawkes/Richard Jackson said: “We are honoured to be exhibiting a collection of glass sculptures at Buscot Park for 2024. We have worked closely with Amy Lim, the curator of the Faringdon Collection at Buscot Park, to carefully site our individually selected sculptures within the different vistas amongst the varied plantings. Each sculpture creates unique perspectives for visitors to encounter within the gardens and parklands.”
Exhibition dates: 29th March to 30th September 202