May – September 2023

Staged Nature

On view in the Archive Gallery for ticket holders and by appointment.

Mother Goose: ‘What is the secret nature knows?’
Tom Rakewell: ‘What Beauty is and where it grows…’ – The Rake’s Progress

Glyndebourne is a stage for nature. Rooted in the heart of Sussex and surrounded by spectacular gardens, it is an enduring source of inspiration for artists on and off the stage. Drawing on elements from this year’s productions, Staged Nature presents dazzling contemporary works alongside treasured objects from our collection to explore how artists have been informed by the theatre of nature. Collection material includes photographs, stage designs and two original costumes – a rose-covered coat from Richard Hudson’s 2000 production of Don Giovanni and Oberon’s costume from John Bury’s 1981 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

David Hockney, No. 315, 1st August 2010, iPad drawing © David Hockney

In dialogue with the collection material, we have invited ten artists whose practice explores ideas of staged nature: David Abbott, Andy Barker, Charlie Barton, Michael Bishop, Miranda Boulton (Courtesy Cynthia Corbett Gallery), Michele Fletcher, Holly Loader, Jocelyn Lee (Courtesy Huxley-Parlour Gallery), Lois Oliver and Agnes Treherne.

In 2010, David Hockney made a series of early iPad drawings of the opera house and its grounds. Hockney has long standing connections to Glyndebourne, having designed his first opera – The Rake’s Progress – in 1975. Exhibited for the first time as an animation, these joyous drawings celebrate Glyndebourne as a place where theatre, nature and art meet.

Hockney’s drawings are on loan and presented as an animation in the Archive Gallery. All other works are for sale, prices include VAT. For enquiries and to purchase works please email nerissa.taysom@glyndebourne.com.

Jocelyn Lee
Dark Matter #3, Wedding Flowers, 2015
Archival pigment print
Edition of 5
76.2 x 101.60 cm
Price on application

Jocelyn Lee
Dark Matter #5, Sunflower and Sky, 2016
Archival pigment print
Edition of 5
76.2 x 101.60 cm
Price on application

Andy Barker
Staged Nature – Sunflowers, 2023
Oil and collage on wood
36.2 x 51.4 cm
£6,000.00

Andy Barker
Underneath the Singing Tree, 2020
Oil and collage on wood
34.2 x 33 cm
£5,400.00

Andy Barker
Nothing But Blue Skies…!, 2022
Oil and collage on wood
30.5 x 22.5 cm
£4,800.00

Miranda Boulton
Containment, 2021
Oil and acrylic spray paint on canvas
78 x 63 cm
£5,970.00

Miranda Boulton
Into the Groove, 2021
Oil and acrylic spray paint on canvas
78 x 63 cm
£5,970.00

Miranda Boulton
Perseverance, 2021
Oil and acrylic spray paint on canvas
78 x 63 cm
£5,970.00

Miranda Boulton
The World is Ours, I, 2021
Oil and acrylic spray paint on canvas
52 x 42 cm
£3,540.00

Miranda Boulton
Recollections I, 2022
Oil and acrylic spray paint on canvas
78 x 63 cm
£5,970.00

David Abbott
Sit Awhile, 2023
Oil on canvas board
17.5 x 12.5 cm
SOLD

David Abbott
Time We Were Gone, 2023
Oil on linen
20.5 x 25.5 cm
£575.00

David Abbott
See How It Gathers Round, 2023
Oil on canvas
25.2 x 35.5 cm
£800.00

David Abbott
So It Seems, 2023
Oil on plywood
30 x 20.5 cm
£600.00

Michele Fletcher
New Leaf, 2022
Oil on linen
25 x 20 cm
SOLD

Michele Fletcher
Amber, 2022
Oil on linen
25 x 20 cm
£1,020.00

Michele Fletcher
Yuletide, 2022
Oil on linen
25 x 20 cm
£1,020.00

Agnes Treherne
South Downs, 2023
Oil on birch
61 x 85 cm
SOLD

Agnes Treherne
San Juan Capistrano, 2023
Oil on birch
15 x 20 cm
£500.00

Agnes Treherne
Clouds, 2023
Oil on birch
23.3 x 26.6 cm
£500.00

Holly Loader
The Ordinary Instant IV, 2023
Hand mixed egg tempera using natural pigments on wooden panel. Pigments include ultramarine, lapis lazuli, Japanese indigo and Glynde chalk.
52.5 x 42.5 cm
£1,250.00

Holly Loader
The Ordinary Instant V, 2023
Hand mixed egg tempera using natural pigments on wooden panel. Pigments include ultramarine, lapis lazuli, Japanese indigo and Glynde chalk.
52.5 x 42.5 cm
£1,250.00