MOYNA FLANNIGAN
A footprint in the hall: new and existing paintings and works on paper, exhibited within Mount Stuart.

Moyna Flannigan makes an intervention within the interiors at Mount Stuart, “to leave a trace without disturbing the balance of the house”.

The intervention includes existing work and a number of new paintings and drawings, which are produced in response to the context and art history of the public interiors and collections, at the same time developing the artist’s practice. The accommodation and relation of the work within five locations, reception room, main stair, and bedrooms, is an important consideration for the artist.

A central new painting is placed in the Drawing Room, together with a vitrine containing a miniature and objects from the archive, two major paintings are sited on the marble staircase and a series of smaller black paintings in Henry 8 bedroom.

Reflections of the different aspects of family life – birth, daily life, eating, sleeping, loving, dying are represented in a series of new drawings in the Family Bedroom.

The reflected nature of Flannigan’s fictional contemporary works: a familiar yet illusory narrative, extraordinary quality of paint and pencil and interaction with the context of the interiors and archive, defines these works.

A book is available with an essay by Anthony Crichton Stuart. (edition 1000)

OPENING HOURS: SUNDAY TO FRIDAY 11AM TO 5PM. SATURDAY 10AM TO 2.30PM.


SARAH STATON
In situ ex situ: new work including a group of sculpture, a series of botanical drawings and a large-scale map representation, exhibited within the gallery space at the visitor centre

The work is conceived in response to a planting project begun1990 in conjunction with Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh. The initial planting at Mount Stuart was the first in a group of a hundred British sites and involves the propagation, planting and maintenance of endangered species as part of the International Conifer Conservation Programme (ICCP). Thirteen specific geographic areas of planting are mapped out in the grounds, Afro Alpine, Bhutan, Chile, China, Japan, Mexico, Nepal, New Zealand, Peru, Sikkim, Tasmania and Western North America.

Appropriating the language of conservation terminology, the exhibition is named ‘In situ, ex situ’. Since the inception of ICCP, the emphasis on conservation has developed in relation to conservation, communication and education in the countries of origin. The artist aims to reflect and explore the concept of the specific in situ planting in broader relation to the ex situ global issues of conservation and her work practice.

A book is available with discussion text by Dr Penelope Curtis curator of Henry Moore Institute Leeds, artist Sarah Staton and Martin Gardner coordinator International Conifer Conservation Programme Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edition 1000

OPENING HOURS: 10AM TO 6PM


Notes: Through the visual arts programme, Mount Stuart Trust aims to promote and facilitate interest in the contemporary visual arts and bring exhibitions of international standard to Bute and Argyll. To create potential for a wider audience and new perspective, the trust utilizes the context of Mount Stuart and the island of Bute as an exciting opportunity for public artwork and provides inclusive educational opportunities.


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http://www.mountstuart.com
Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute PA20 9LR
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ADMISSION FREE to visual arts exhibitions.

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