Contemporary Stone Sculpture Exhibition at Asthall Manor in the Cotswolds

Contemporary Stone Sculpture Exhibition at Asthall Manor in the Cotswolds (c) Asthall Manor (p) GoUK.com

 

What

Contemporary Stone Sculpture Exhibition

When

17 June to 15 July 2012

Where

Asthall Manor in the Cotswolds

The Fanfare

The UK’s largest exhibition of contemporary stone sculpture will be held this summer in the Jacobean house and landscaped gardens of Asthall Manor in the Cotswolds.

On Form is a celebration of stone sculpture and will present the work of 28 of the most accomplished sculptors working today.

Featured artists at this biennial exhibition will include Bridget McCrum, Matthew Spender and Emily Young. An events programme will offer painting workshops, geology talks, poetry, theatre and artists’ talks.

Asthall Manor overlooks the Windrush Valley and dates from the early 17th century.

In 1919 the manor was bought by Lord Redesdale, father of the Mitford sisters.

Nancy Mitford’s fictional Alconleigh in The Pursuit of Love is based on Asthall Manor, as well as the Redesdales’ other houses.

A flat above the Manor House’s Ballroom will soon be available for short-term lets for up to five people.

These are the rooms where the older Mitford children – Nancy, Pamela, Diana and Tom – stayed when the family lived at Asthall.

The murals in the main bedroom are by Nancy Mitford.

On Form runs from 17 June to 15 July, Wednesdays–Sundays noon–6pm, admission (including catalogue) £7.50 adults, £6 concessions, under-12s free.

Asthall Manor, Burford, Oxfordshire OX18 4HW
Tel: +44 1993 824319
Website: www.onformsculpture.co.uk