New in the Park I Carvings by Tim Harrisson
Tim Harrisson
Rotherly Stones I & II, 2016
Purbeck marble
137 x 180 x 5 cm
54 x 70 ⅘ x 2 in.
Tim Harrisson
DRIFT, 2006
Chicksgrove limestone and Carrara marble
38 x 84 x 37 cm
14 ⁹⁄₁₀ x 33 x 14 ½ in.
Sculptor, draughtsman and printmaker, Tim Harrisson’s practice is directly shaped by the formation of the landscape from a geological perspective. Using a wide range of materials, including Chicksgrove limestone, Portland stone, Carrara marble and bog oak, Harrisson’s sculptural carvings explore the spatial relationship of forms, and the rhythms of natural landscape. Newly sited in the summer house at Roche Court Sculpture Park, DRIFT and Rotherly Stones I & II demonstrate Harrisson's skill in carving, and the joy of making.
Born in Essex in 1952, Tim Harrisson studied at Hammersmith College of Art (1969-1970) and Norwich Art School (1970-73). After graduating from Byam School of Fine Art in 1975, he worked as a woodsman and welder. In 1988, he was a Sculptor in Residence at Red House Museum, Christchurch and in 2013, was elected to the Royal West of England Academy.
Throughout his practice, Tim Harrisson has completed several major public commissions, including his work Granite Sculpture II for BAA Southampton Airport (1995); Reflection, Epsom College, Surrey (2000) and Pegasus for Chatsworth House, Derbyshire (2002). In 2010, Sounding, which he carved from a single piece of Welsh bog oak was permanently installed in the crypt at Winchester Cathedral. He has exhibited widely, with his work being included in solo and group shows at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park; the New Art Centre, Roche Court Sculpture Park; the Eagle Gallery, London; Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London; Rabley Gallery, Wiltshire and Messums, Wiltshire.
Detail: Tim Harrisson, Rotherly Stones I & II, 2016, Purbeck marble. Distinctive, decorative, and highly polished, this glittering Purbeck stone is dappled with thousands of tiny fossils and minerals.
Tim Harrisson Rotherly Stones I & II (2016) and DRIFT (2006) sited in the summer house at Roche Court Sculpture Park.
Current Exhibition
Place
We are delighted to present Place, our recently opened exhibition in the gallery at Roche Court Sculpture Park.
Developed around four new works by Edmund de Waal, the exhibition includes paintings by Ian Stephenson and John Hubbard, and sculpture by Hubert Dalwood.
Edmund de Waal’s new Kilkenny stone benches, titled this place, reflect the heritage of our islands. Quarried Irish stone studded with ancient fossils and silver, these works are grounded in the earth beneath our feet. Up above, Ian Stephenson’s cosmic and ephemeral paintings signal the rhythms of the sky, a nod to the British romantics, like Turner and Constable, with whom he aligned. John Hubbard’s black and white landscapes, bold and dramatic, reflect on the natural rhythms of landscape; rock formations; cliffs and valleys. Their sweeping, spontaneous energy is met with the calculated patterns of Hubert Dalwood, who’s organic forms and industrial language depict the British landscape in shining, space-age aluminium.
Surrounded by the rolling Wiltshire countryside, the light and open architecture of the award-winning gallery space, designed by Stephen Marshall, invites quiet contemplation of balance, landscape and our heritage.