Winter/Hörbelt

Basket #7, 2003-4

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Since their artistic collaboration began in 1992, Winter/Hörbelt have developed many sculptures that are also structures where people can meet.

Basket #7. Oxley Bank is a two-storey steel pavilion on a high ridge of the Longside valley, providing shelter, rest and spectacular views across the landscape. The Bretton Estate was designed to incorporate a series of viewing points and follies, only a few of which remain.

 

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Winter/Hörbelt have taken this historical precedent and at the same time opened up a stunning walking route to Longside Gallery. Constructed from double-layered steel mesh, from a distance Basket #7. Oxley Bank appears to be alternately solid and semi-transparent: from inside looking out it both offers and slightly obscures the view, and becomes a place for reflection and rest.

Basket #7. Oxley Bank is so called because it has been erected previously in six places around the world and remains on loan after the Winter/Hörbelt Longside exhibition of 2004.

The artists have completed many commissions internationally, including works for the 1997 Münster Sculpture Project, Germany and the 1999 Venice Biennale.

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Fantastic work! Grettings from Bosnia and Hercegovina! :D
Maja on Winter/Hörbelt | See all (2) comments
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Although we use words to express feelings they seldom capture its extraordinary essence. This is true of this very tangible installation, which quite literally makes you hold your breath at times - and of course the panoramic view!
Peter Mathews on Winter/Hörbelt
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