BORDE HILL
MANSION
HOSTS EXCLUSIVE
JUGINDER LAMBA EXHIBITION
8-22 APRIL 2010 - Mon-Fri
(
Individual tours at 2pm only )
Press Release 2010
The
Juginder Lamba exhibition will
be on view on Mondays to Fridays from 8 – 22 April 2010. The Garden
will be open from 10am – 6pm everyday.
Tours of the House and exhibition will be held on Mondays to Fridays at 11 am and 1 pm for groups and at 2 pm for individual visitors. All group tours must be pre-booked and pre-paid at £9.50 per person, inclusive of Garden entry. Admission for individual members is £11.
Booking and tickets are available by telephoning 01444 450326 or sending an email to info@bordehill.co.uk.
Visit www.bordehill.co.uk for more details.
Not suitable for wheelchairs. No children under 11.
Tours of the House and exhibition will be held on Mondays to Fridays at 11 am and 1 pm for groups and at 2 pm for individual visitors. All group tours must be pre-booked and pre-paid at £9.50 per person, inclusive of Garden entry. Admission for individual members is £11.
Booking and tickets are available by telephoning 01444 450326 or sending an email to info@bordehill.co.uk.
Visit www.bordehill.co.uk for more details.
Not suitable for wheelchairs. No children under 11.
Borde Hill
Garden is offering visitors a rare opportunity to see inside its
stunning and historic Grade II listed Tudor Mansion next April,
when it will host an exclusive indoor exhibition of Juginder
Lamba’s distinctive sculptures celebrating the beauty and power of
nature.
During his prestigious career, internationally renowned Juginder Lamba has previously exhibited at the British Museum and the Bronx Museum in New York. His overlapping Indian, African and British background is evident in his sculptures. Born in Nairobi in 1948, his gift to be silent and listen to the voice of nature is his Indian heritage while his recognition of the great power innate in natural objects recalls African influences.
Moving to the UK in 1962, his intellectual and emotional awakening found him growing up in Britain, adjusting to a new culture. Through this energetic and creative tension between cultures, Lamba has arrived at a visual language that is not bounded by cultural insularity, giving his work, varying from wood to stone and bronze. an accessibility that is independent of its historical roots. His art transforms these indigenous cultural experiences, opening up new perspectives and ways of seeing.
Lamba’s sculptures, whilst celebrating nature, also address a contemporary environment where the processes of survival, destruction and renewal prevail. His work can be seen as instruments of meditation and contemplation, perfectly complementing the tranquillity and peace that can be discovered within Borde Hill Garden.
The sculptures will be displayed in Borde Hill Mansion, an Elizabethan house dating from 1598 with congruent Victorian extensions. Visitors can discover the history the Stephenson Clarke family who bought and renovated the mansion in 1892 and who still reside in the house and manage the estate today. Colonel Stephenson Robert Clarke, creator of the Garden, sponsored many expeditions by the great plant hunters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and fine examples of many of their discoveries are growing throughout the botanically rich Garden. These extend into 200 acres of magnificent woodland and parkland that enjoy panoramic views of the Sussex Weald.
During his prestigious career, internationally renowned Juginder Lamba has previously exhibited at the British Museum and the Bronx Museum in New York. His overlapping Indian, African and British background is evident in his sculptures. Born in Nairobi in 1948, his gift to be silent and listen to the voice of nature is his Indian heritage while his recognition of the great power innate in natural objects recalls African influences.
Moving to the UK in 1962, his intellectual and emotional awakening found him growing up in Britain, adjusting to a new culture. Through this energetic and creative tension between cultures, Lamba has arrived at a visual language that is not bounded by cultural insularity, giving his work, varying from wood to stone and bronze. an accessibility that is independent of its historical roots. His art transforms these indigenous cultural experiences, opening up new perspectives and ways of seeing.
Lamba’s sculptures, whilst celebrating nature, also address a contemporary environment where the processes of survival, destruction and renewal prevail. His work can be seen as instruments of meditation and contemplation, perfectly complementing the tranquillity and peace that can be discovered within Borde Hill Garden.
The sculptures will be displayed in Borde Hill Mansion, an Elizabethan house dating from 1598 with congruent Victorian extensions. Visitors can discover the history the Stephenson Clarke family who bought and renovated the mansion in 1892 and who still reside in the house and manage the estate today. Colonel Stephenson Robert Clarke, creator of the Garden, sponsored many expeditions by the great plant hunters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and fine examples of many of their discoveries are growing throughout the botanically rich Garden. These extend into 200 acres of magnificent woodland and parkland that enjoy panoramic views of the Sussex Weald.