Artists in Residence Project
Glyndebourne has invited two Sussex artists, Chelsea Renton and Gabrielle Moore, to take up residence at Glyndebourne
throughout the 2010 Festival season.
Observing the singers, musicians and performers for inspiration, they will be producing a ‘terracotta army’ of busts and figurines representing a season at Glyndebourne. Sculptures and sketches pertinent to each production will be coming hot out of the studio into the shop and gallery.
Gabrielle Moore has been a frequent exhibitor in the Glyndebourne Gallery, and Chelsea Renton was recently commissioned to produce the bronze bust of Sir George Christie, which can be seen on the Foyer Circle level. Their studio is in the Gardeners’ Workroom opposite the Archive Gallery and will occasionally be open to visitors from 3pm until curtain up. Please check the sign outside for details.
Tom Hammick
Last season Tom Hammick made a series of six woodcut posters in small editions of 25, based on the operas performed during the 75th-Anniversary Festival.
As these were hugely popular with opera-goers, performers and staff alike, Glyndebourne has asked Hammick back to make a new series of prints inspired by
the operas in the 2010 season. This time he will be making a suite of multi-coloured etchings which will be on display in the Gallery, shop and on the wall of the opera house.
Ianthe Ruthven
‘I came to construct composite images out of a sense of frustration with the single photograph as a means of conveying the experience of landscape. Instead of using the lens as a window, I am trying to convey the feeling of being inside the landscape, by juxtaposing different and related images of the same subject, exploring different perspectives and enhancing the effects of rhythm and movement.’ - Ianthe Ruthven
‘These splendid photographs achieve what all good art aspires to – they make us look with fresh eyes at things we think we know already. Her composites use
the dynamic juxtaposition of close-ups and long shots in a filmic way, that transforms the static landscape into a journey through unfamiliar vistas.’ - Roger Graef, film-maker
Nic Fiddian-Green
The raw power of Fiddian-Green’s monumental horse heads shown on the lawns in 2009 were much enjoyed by Glyndebourne’s visitors.
‘I am honoured to have been asked by Gus, to show for the second year at Glyndebourne; to be able to position my work surrounded by the beauty of the English
garden at perhaps one of the most creative and inspiring places in England.’
The collection Fiddian-Green has curated this season is a group of four small works and two large pieces: a new Horse at Water has been pressed, formed and beaten in lead. This 20-foot work is the first time Fiddian-Green has used lead on such a scale. The piece was modelled in clay from life and then built by hand in the studio. This soft grey metal perfectly captures the tranquillity and vulnerability of the horse suspended as it reaches down to touch the water.
In 2009 the monumental Marwari Horse at Water was completed for Sir Anthony and Lady Bamford and can be viewed at London’s Marble Arch. This landmark is best seen from the upper deck of the number 73 bus.
View more pictures of Nic Fiddian-Green's work
The gallery will also be showing work by the following artists:
Bridget Boulting, Honor Brogan, Julika de Fouw, Simon Dorrell, Bridget Macdonald,
Rory Nugent, Tuëma Pattie, Jane Skingley, Sasha Turnbull and Siân Wilkins.