Beyond Limits Sculpture Show Opens
Twenty-nine monumental sculptures from a cast of leading international artists go on display today (Monday 14 September) in Chatsworth's world-famous 105-acre garden making it the biggest 'Beyond Limits' exhibition to date.
Running until Sunday 1 November, Beyond Limits 2009 has the most varied and challenging selection yet, from floating stainless steel balls in a 19th century pond, (Yayoi Kusama's 'Narcissus Garden: Chatsworth') to 49 copper plates set into the grass (Carl Andre's 'Cuprox').
The exhibition features artists from 14 countries including Fernando Botero, Subodh Gupta, Ju Ming, and Yayoi Kusama as well Antony Gormley, Henry Moore, Marc Quinn and Richard Hudson representing the UK.
All exhibits will be on display from 11am-6pm every day at no extra charge beyond normal garden admission (standard adult garden ticket is £7.50 or book online to save 10%.
This is the fourth year Beyond Limits has been held at Chatsworth and its growing popularity is expected to draw thousands of art-lovers, collectors and casual visitors, both young and old.
"Even visitors who might not consider themselves interested in modern sculpture are impressed by the sheer quality and scale of the works on display and I find that very inspiring," says the Duke of Devonshire. "And, of course, from a purely personal point of view it gives me enormous pleasure to look out of my drawing room window and see a major work by Henry Moore, who is an artist I really admire, with a life-size maquette of Antony Gormley's world-renowned 'Angel of the North' a little further on at the end of the Canal pond."
Beyond Limits is now firmly established as one of the leading events in the artistic calendar as it enters its fourth year at Chatsworth. In the past 15 years, the Chatsworth House Trust and the Devonshire family have continued the purchase and commissioning of contemporary sculpture for display in the garden and park, including work by Dame Elisabeth Frink, Angela Conner, Barry Flanagan, David Nash and Allen Jones.