SMART ART
Our guests often say how much they have enjoyed The Grove’s collection of contemporary art and antiques, so we thought we’d tell you a little bit more about them.
GIRAFFES AND LAUGHS
German Object Artist Volker Kühn must have been pleasantly surprised when The Grove's interior designer, Martin Hulbert, happened to drop in to his exhibition at London 's Plus One Plus Two Gallery… and spontaneously purchased the entire collection of over 200 pieces! Now displayed in guest rooms, corridors and throughout the mansion, Kühn's work is best described as ‘a visual pun to intrigue the viewer and reward with the joy of solving a riddle'.
Look out for his homage to works by other artists near the Library and his take on the business world displayed in the Meetings and Events area. His love of giraffes is evident around the Mansion main staircase!
The Grove also displays many pieces from British artists, including pieces from the Royal Academy Art Exhibition. Don’t forget to look out for The Grove’s very own naked gardener – an entertaining video installation piece!
BOXING CLEVER
Perspex boxes containing hundreds of butterflies. Feathers, farmyard animals and rubber ducks at home in a series of console tables. Innovative installations of broken household objects. The popular displays at The Grove, created by Fox Linton Associates with James Armstrong, are fresh, surprising and wittily irreverent…
THE GREAT OUTDOORS
A variety of outdoor sculptures are on display at The Grove. American-born sculptor Gregory Ryan designed the magnificent five-panel aluminium Water Wall at the entrance to Sequoia – an accurate reproduction of the sea off the coast of Deauville, France. The piece embodies his signature technique of replicating dynamic surface patterns found in nature.
Somerset-based Neil Wilkin's trademark elegant glass pieces were specially commissioned by The Grove including the series of Sun Catchers anchored in ponds on The Glasshouse terraces that sparkle and twinkle when catching rays of sunlight, creating the illusion of dancing graciously.
