Similarly to Ro Robertson’s sculpture Stone (Butch), dedicated to complex non-binary identity, the park accommodating Robertson’s sculpture, and many other great works, is a complex multi-layered environment.
A network of versatile modern artworks, integrated with a grand Palladian estate and superimposed onto picturesque hilly landscape leave a visitor amazed and puzzled. How can all this coexist in such harmony?
Following a dazzling day out, the only things I thought could have been done better are two:
1. Allocating more sculptures along the southern side of the park, beyond the lake. The density of works on the northern entrance side creates queues and some can easily be missed.
2. Utilise space to accommodate more large works that surround the spectator, such as ‘silence. alone in the world of wounds’ by studio Morrison. Archstoyanie (Kaluga region, Russia) remains my favourite sculpture park precisely because of the large architectural installations that encompass the visitor to create a surreal and magical yet earthly and relatable environment
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