Yorkshire Sculpture Park

On Sunday 27th February 2011, Andy and I went to Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) for the day to see the David Nash exhibition, as it was the last day of the exhibition! Yorkshire Sculpture Park is a great day out for everyone, you can snap up a Henry Moore, have a picnic by an Anthony Caro or play hide & seek behind Barbara Hepworth's sculptures. And best of all it's free entry!! Only £4 to park a car.

Despite the wind, rain & fog we battled through and enjoyed our day, which included getting covered in mud (thankfully we were wearing hiking boots and waterproof pants).

‘Yorkshire Sculpture Park is a pioneering place that aims to challenge, inspire, inform and delight, welcoming over 250,000 visitors, including 40,000 learning visits each year and spanning over 500 acres of land.’

Map of Yorkshire Sculpture Park

We began our day by getting the free shuttle bus to the 'Longside Gallery' at the far end of the park. There were many David Nash sculptures inside the exhibition, unfortunately photography isn't permitted, however I bought the 'David Nash Exhibition Guide' and I have included a few photographs from inside the gallery.

Here are a few photos of our findings whilst walking throught the fields ...

Winter/Hörbelt's - Basket #7, 2003-4

Andy & I 'trapped' inside

Winter/Hörbelt's - Basket #7

David Nash - Black Steps, 2010

Helen Escobedo - Summer Fields, 2008

Henry Moore - Two Piece Reclining Figure: Cut, 1979-81

Anthony Caro - Dream City, 1996

Anthony Caro - Promenade, 1996

Sol LeWitt - 123454321, 1993

Sol LeWitt - 123454321, 1993

Action Shot!

Dennis Oppenheim - Trees from Alternative Landscape Components, 2006

Dennis Oppenheim - Trees from Alternative Landscape Components, 2006

Sophie Ryder - Sitting, 2007

Sophie Ryder - Sitting, 2007

Peter Randall-Page - Fructus 2009

Mark di Suvero - Nelly, 1986

Elisabeth Frink - Riace Figures, 1986-89

Jonathan Borofsky - Molecule Man 1+1+1, 1990

Jonathan Borofsky - Molecule Man 1+1+1, 1990

Barbara Hepworth - The Family Man, 1970

After a busy moring we decided to stop for lunch & have our picnic we'd brought with us. After lunch we continued our walk round the park, we began at James Turrell's Deer Shelter Skyspace;

'James Turrell has created the Skyspace at YSP within the Park's 18th-century Grade II Listed building - the deer shelter. His work does not alter the shape of the landscape or disturb the tranquillity of the site, but creates a place of contemplation and revelation, harnessing the changing light of the Yorkshire sky. The Deer Shelter Skyspace consists of a large square chamber with an aperture cut into the roof. Through this aperture the visitor is offered a heightened vision of the sky, seemingly transformed into a trompe l'oeil painting.'

Whilst inside the Deer Shelter I created a video to show its interior. It was very peaceful and tranquil sitting inside & gazing up at the passing skies. 

James Turrell - Deer Shelter Skyspace, 2006

We then continued our adventure through the Henry Moore Park and the Gardens before entering the Galleries to see the continuation of the David Nash exhibition.

Henry Moore - Draped Seated Woman, 1957-8

Brian Fell - Ha-Ha Bridge, 2006

Masayuki Koorida - Flower, 2008

Nigel Hall - Passage, 2007

Nigel Hall - The Now, 2000

Nigel Hall - Kiss, 2000

David Nash - Black Dome, 2009

David Nash - Three Humps, 2006

David Nash, Black Sphere, 2010

David Nash - Chinese Irons, 2010

David Nash - Lightning Strike, 2008

 

David Nash - Two Sliced Cedars, 2010

We finished the day by visiting the galleries at the visitor centre/restaurant where you were allowed to touch the sculptures (but not the black ones) and not photograph, indoor photographs are from the 'David Nash Exhibition Guide'

Nigel Hall - Crossing (Vertical), 2006