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| Bliss Hill |
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| Sunken Bench near entrance... |
Today is the
final day of the wonderful “Fresh Air” exhibition in Quenington. Every two
years The Old Rectory in Quenington hosts a diverse display of new art. After
running the exhibitions for some years, founders Lucy and David Abel Smith
launched a charity “The Quenington Sculpture Trust” that provides among other
things bursaries for talented artists. Along with that, the trust aims to
stimulate interest in sculpture and the visual arts in general, reaching out to
local schools within a 20 mile radius.
This year
saw submissions from professional and developing artists. With entry to the
exhibit at £5, with lots of concessions available, the lovely country setting
was a powerful combination with the at times bizarre art. Almost like setting
foot on a set from Star Trek, some of the weird and wonderful pieces jumped out
at you. At times you were left wondering whether you were looking at a piece of
art or a genuine piece of furniture after an unfortunate incident. A rather
bland bench was sunken into the ground as if in an earthquake or quicksand.
Like a Dali painting in reality, things became warped. Other benches were
marked “unstable structure” despite looking quite comfortable. Conversely, some
rather scary looking chairs were perfectly fine to sit on.
Sound art,
glass, metal, wood and other more unconventional materials were used to delight
or provoke the onlookers.
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| Alison Crowther |
Notable pieces
were by Alison Crowther, a trained furniture designer who turned her attentions
to making objects, with her wonderful wooden cubes that resemble speaker cones,
and Bliss Hill, who served her apprenticeship in Cirencester with her
combination of glass and stone depicting people spectating at festivals.
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