Yesterday Berkeley Square was unveiled as “a radical celebration of the English landscape” with a major installation by artists Tony Heywood and Alison Condie. A peculiar and intriguing new twist on landscape art which combines elements of sculpture, botanical field study, digital animation and shamanism, the work considers man’s engagement with nature. In the vein of the 18th century Picturesque movement this is an idealised version of the gardens at one of London’s most prestigious addresses.
The 7m x 3.5m site specific installation is displayed in a window-fronted steel box and is the third in this series. Each Glamourland is a representation of a location, the previous installations representing Formby Beach near Southport and Tintagel in Cornwall. The installation in Berkeley Square is inspired and derived from the Jurassic Coast landscape in Dorset.
See Glamourland at Berkeley Square until Janauary.
