Exhibitions
Parallels
Drawing and sculpture by Somerset-based sculptor Simon Hitchens.
This exhibition will be the first public display of the artworks created by Somerset-based sculptor Simon Hitchens under the banner of ‘The Parallel Project’, a creative endeavour rooted in landscape, geology and history.
‘Parallels’ explores time and transience – the interconnected nature of what we share with the world. For three weeks, spanning the autumn equinox of 2019, Simon travelled the length of the British Isles, from latitude 50 in Cornwall to latitude 60 in Shetland. He was looking for rocks from eleven different geological time periods and to make drawings of the shadow lines cast by each rock at each of the eleven lines of latitude. Shadows cast from a twelfth object, a discarded lump of plastic, were drawn on a landfill site near London. Shadow sculptures complement the drawings. There will also be a large concrete sculpture, 'Bearing Witness to Things Unseen', on display in the museum’s Abbey Barn.
‘Parallels’ explores time and transience – the interconnected nature of what we share with the world. For three weeks, spanning the autumn equinox of 2019, Simon travelled the length of the British Isles, from latitude 50 in Cornwall to latitude 60 in Shetland. He was looking for rocks from eleven different geological time periods and to make drawings of the shadow lines cast by each rock at each of the eleven lines of latitude. Shadows cast from a twelfth object, a discarded lump of plastic, were drawn on a landfill site near London. Shadow sculptures complement the drawings. There will also be a large concrete sculpture, 'Bearing Witness to Things Unseen', on display in the museum’s Abbey Barn.
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