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.
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| Fiona Robinson |
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| Fiona Robinson |
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| Fiona Robinson |
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| Sophie Tarbuck |
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| Sophie Tarbuck |
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| Sophie Tarbuck |
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| Sophie Tarbuck |
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| Melanie Guy |
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| 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.
