Works by three internationally renowned artists are to feature in the third of the Fitzwilliam’s series of year-long contemporary sculpture exhibitions Sculpture Promenade.
Works by three internationally renowned artists are to feature in the third of the Fitzwilliam’s series of year-long contemporary sculpture exhibitions Sculpture Promenade.
Each Sculpture Promenade thus far has been a resounding success, bringing in a wide variety of new visitors to the Museum
Dr Timothy Potts
The artists are Cambridge based sculptor Helaine Blumenfeld, British sculptor Peter Randall-Page and Japanese sculptor Kan Yasuda. All three artists share a connection, each having worked in the renowned sculpture centre of Pietrasanta, Italy, working with the famous local Carrara marble.
Launched in 2009, the ambition of each Sculpture Promenade is to create displays that are free to explore, and bring some of the finest contemporary art out into the street in a prominent Cambridge city location. Interaction with the sculptures is encouraged, something which will be an important part of the 2012 exhibition as all three artists create their works with the aim of viewers being able to experience them as much through touch as visually.
Highlights of the 2012 displays will include:
• Little Seed - the proto-type sculpture of Peter Randall-Page’s famous work on permanent display at the Eden Project in Cornwall
• Tensei Tenmoku - a monumental two-part arch sculpture by
Kan Yasuda wrought in bronze
• The Space Within - a billowing, fluid movement, cast in bronze by Helaine Blumenfeld.
This year’s promenade has been curated by the Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Dr Timothy Potts who commented: “Each Sculpture Promenade thus far has been a resounding success, bringing in a wide variety of new visitors to the Museum, especially younger audiences who are those with an interest in contemporary art. This year’s Sculpture Promenade presents a selection of dramatic and impressive works by three very distinguished artists, united by their link to the famous Italian sculpture centre of Pietrasanta in Tuscany.”
Helaine Blumenfeld commented: “I am thrilled to be exhibiting a number of my Monumental Sculptures in the Promenade. I look forward to seeing how people interact with them. A sculpture is only completed when it is enjoyed by the public. I have been dedicated to seeing sculpture re-enter the lives of people - not only in the art galleries but on the streets, in parks, in front of public buildings, to take its place as part of a restoration of the Public Spirit. The Fitzwilliam Museum's public profile, the visibility and accessibility of the site and the exciting education programme revolving around the exhibition, will create a suitable platform from which these artworks can inspire, provoke, engage and, ultimately, reach visitors of all ages and backgrounds. ”
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