This is the fourth consecutive year, the garden of the English manor Chatsworth, Devonshire County, is filled with sculptures by contemporary artists

For the fourth time the auction house Sotheby's holds in an English manor Chatsworth, county of Devonshire, an exhibition of contemporary sculpture in the open air Beyond Limits. As before, all exhibits will be on sale.

This year the exhibition has become more and more diverse. In addition to British artists such as Henry Moore (Henry Moore), Antony Gormley (Antony Gormley), Marc Quinn (Marc Quinn) and Richard Hudson (Richard Hudson), her creations were brought to Chatsworth authors from France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Poland China, India, Japan, Taiwan, USA, Canada, Colombia and Israel.

One of the most interesting exhibits will undoubtedly be a model of the famous sculpture by Antony Gormley'Angel of the North ". It was made in 1:10 scale of iron in 1997. Total was made five copies, will be on display number 2. The main concept of this work - the human desire to overcome the obstacle of earthly existence. According to the author, "Angel" was created as an embodiment of attempts to combine in his body the earth and sky.

Another outstanding exhibit could be called "lying draped figure of the three fragments" of work by Henry Moore. In this organic sculpture with rounded contours and reflected the author's love of the sculptural heritage of ancient Greece and Mexico, and his keen perception of natural landscapes and objects.

Marc Quinn will present at the exhibition his monumental "Archeology of Desire". It is a Phalaenopsis orchid height of 2,5 meters, made of bronze. Its petals refute our ideas about the properties of the material from which they are made. They seem light and airy. This work is part of a series of sculptures and paintings, in which the author examines the concept of ideal beauty.

Spanish artist Manolo Valdés (Manolo Valdes) presented two sculptures at the exhibition "Butterflies" and "Ariadne I». "Very pleased to see their works in such a beautiful place. Rarely able to find such a perfect place, as Chatsworth, where you can show the work of this kind "- recognized by.

Visitors can also see sculptures of Colombian Fernando Botero (Fernando Botero), Chinese Zhan Wang (Zhan Wang), Indian Subodh Gupta (Subodh Gupta), Japanese women Yayoi Kusama (Yayoi Kusama), Taiwanese Ju Ming (Ju Ming) and Pole Mitoraya Igor (Igor Mitoraj).

article prepared by Catherine Onuchina, AI

Source: sothebys.com , artinvestment.ru

P.S. On last year's exhibition Beyond Limits is available here.