Yorkshire Sculpture Park

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Yorkshire Sculpture Park
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Yorkshire Sculpture Park visitor centre and restaurant
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Established1977 (1977)
Location West Bretton, West Yorkshire, England
Coordinates 53°36′43″N1°33′58″W / 53.612°N 1.566°W / 53.612; -1.566
TypeIndoor/outdoor art gallery
Visitors250,000 (2011) [1]
Founder Peter Murray
Director Clare Lilley
Website ysp.org.uk OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Damski Czepek (polyurethane resin) by Ursula von Rydingsvard, 2015 (see also Madison Square Park) "Damski Czepek" by Ursula von Rydingsvard - geograph.org.uk - 4441555.jpg
Damski Czepek (polyurethane resin) by Ursula von Rydingsvard, 2015 (see also Madison Square Park)

The Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) is an art gallery, with both open-air and indoor exhibition spaces, in West Bretton, Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, England. It shows work by British and international artists, including Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. The sculpture park occupies the 500-acre (200-hectare) parkland of Bretton Hall.

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History

The Yorkshire Sculpture Park, opened in 1977, [1] [5] was the UK's first sculpture park based on the temporary open air exhibitions organised in London parks from the 1940s to 1970s by the Arts Council and London County Council (and later Greater London Council). The 'gallery without walls' has a changing exhibition programme, rather than permanent display as seen in other UK sculpture parks such as Grizedale Forest.

Exhibition spaces

YSP has a number of settings where its collection is displayed.

Parkland

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A sculpture by Nigel Hall at YSP

The park is situated in the grounds of Bretton Hall, an 18th-century estate which was a family home until the mid-20th century when it became Bretton Hall College. [6] Follies, landscape features and architectural structures from the 18th century can be seen around the park including the deer park and deer shelter (recently converted by American sculptor James Turrell into an installation), an ice house, and a camellia house. Artists working at YSP, such as Andy Goldsworthy in 2007, take their inspiration from its architectural, historical or natural environment. [5]

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A fragment of a Yinka Shonibare sculpture and YSP landscape

Since the 1990s, YSP has made use of indoor exhibition spaces, initially a Bothy Gallery (in the curved Bothy Wall) and a temporary tent-like structure called the Pavilion Gallery. After an extensive refurbishment and expansion, YSP has added an underground gallery space in the Bothy garden, and exhibition spaces at Longside (the hillside facing the original park). Its programme consists of contemporary and modern sculpture (from Rodin and Bourdelle through to living artists). British sculpture is well represented in the past exhibition programme and semi-permanent installations. Many British sculptors prominent in the 1950s and 1960s have been the subject of solo exhibitions at YSP, including Lynn Chadwick, [7] Austin Wright, Phillip King, Eduardo Paolozzi, Hans Josephsohn, and Kenneth Armitage. Exhibitions tend to be monographic – rather than group or thematic.

The redundant Grade II* listed St Bartholomew's Chapel, West Bretton built by William Wentworth in 1744 [8] has been restored as gallery space. [9]

Longside Gallery is a space for sculpture overlooking YSP. The gallery is shared with the Arts Council Collection for an alternating programme of exhibitions. Between exhibitions, Longside Gallery is used for educational and outreach activities and events. [10]

The Weston

In July 2019, the new visitor centre housing a gallery, restaurant and shop, made the shortlist for the Stirling Prize for excellence in architecture. [11]

See also

Joana Vasconcelos' Pop Galo (7 March 2020 - 3 January 2021) Pop Galo (49687321337).jpg
Joana Vasconcelos' Pop Galo (7 March 2020 – 3 January 2021)

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References

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  2. ↑ "Ursula von Rydingsvard: Damski Czepek". Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "Ursula von Rydingsvard: May 15, 2006 – February 28, 2007". Madison Square Park Conservancy. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  4. ↑ Rydingsvard von, Ursula. "Damski Czepek, 2006". artnet.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Sculpture park to mark 30 years". BBC. 18 March 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
  6. ↑ "A history of Bretton Hall". Wakefield Council. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2009.
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  8. ↑ Historic England. "Church in Bretton Park (1135462)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 24 August 2015.
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  11. ↑ "London Bridge station makes 2019 Riba Stirling Prize shortlist". BBC. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
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