HAUSER & WIRTH – SOMERSET
2014-07-11The new gallery and arts centre located in Bruton, Somerset, will be inaugurated with a solo exhibition of site-specific sculptures by Phyllida Barlow.
‘We are hugely excited to be opening this important gallery and arts centre in Somerset. Our inaugural exhibition is new works created specially for the gallery by Phyllida Barlow. Phyllida is one of the most significant British sculptors working today and continues to be an inspiration to generations of younger artists and students. The exhibition, and the programme of events and learning activities that accompany it, will rejuvenate these incredible farm buildings which have stood empty for a long time.’
– Alice Workman, Director, Hauser & Wirth Somerset
With free admission to the public, the gallery will be open six days per week and the core exhibition programme will focus on new work by Hauser & Wirth artists. In addition, a landscaped garden designed for the gallery by internationally-renowned landscape architect Piet Oudolf will launch in mid- September and will include a perennial meadow that sits behind the gallery buildings. An exhibition of Oudolf’s drawings will be on display until October. An active artist residency programme is underway and Mark Wallinger will begin a six-week residency at the end of July.
Hauser & Wirth Somerset open to the public from Tuesday 15th July 2014.
Hauser & Wirth Somerset
Durslade Farm
Dropping Lane
Bruton
Somerset
BA10 0NL
