Tuesday 19 November 2013

More from High Cross House - Fiona Robinson, Sophie Tarbuck & Melanie Guy

I've previously posted about High Cross House - an example of modernist architecture in Dartington currently run by the National Trust but which will be closing to the public after early 2014 due to low visitor numbers. Nevertheless, it is going out with a bang, and is showing a number of interesting exhibitions during 2013. Exhibitions by Fiona Robinson and Sophie Tarbuck finished this weekend and I managed to catch them just before they closed.


The Fiona Robinson works are a series of drawings she has made in response to High Cross House and can be seen in full here. 'A significant amount of the work made for the High Cross House commission focuses on the curve that connects the two sides of William Lescaze’s stark modernist structure'. It is a fascinating set of drawings.


Sophie Tarbuck's work is a series of small wooden structures - similar in style to some of Michael Samuels' work - aesthetically pleasing and retro in equal measure.


In addition, some impressive sculptures in pewter by Melanie Guy were being exhibited when I visited.


A number of photos of High Cross House and the works being exhibited are shown here. For a fuller selection of works by each artist follow the links in this post.


Fiona Robinson

Fiona Robinson

Fiona Robinson

Sophie Tarbuck

Sophie Tarbuck

Sophie Tarbuck

Sophie Tarbuck

Melanie Guy

Melanie Guy

The arrangement for High Cross House to be managed by the National Trust and kept open to the public will end after March 2014.

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