Beyond Limits – Sotheby’s 2010 exhibition of monumental sculpture at Chatsworth

Manolo Valdés, Butterflies, 2010

Beyond Limits – Sotheby’s 2010 exhibition of monumental sculpture at Chatsworth The 2010 selling exhibition, which promises to be another great installation, showcases the works of an international lineup of artists: Manolo Valdés, Lynn Chadwick, Yue Minjun, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Damien Hirst, Marc Quinn, SubodhGupta, Ju Ming, Eduardo Chillida, Germaine Richer and Barry Flanagan, among others.

Monday, September 13 until Sunday, October 31, 2010

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Source: Sotheby’s
Talking about the 2010 show, Alexander Platon of Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art department, states: “We’rethrilled to be back at Chatsworth with our fifth installment of Beyond Limits. This year’s exhibition is as diverse andexciting as ever, with sculpture by internationally acclaimed artists from as far afield as China, the USA, India andTaiwan, in addition to first class examples by European and British sculptors too.”

Manolo Valdés’ (b. 1942) Butterflies takes centre stage in this year’s show, with a prime positioning on the Duke’sprivate lawn in front of Chatsworth House. Butterflies is a unique work that was executed earlier this year in aluminum, amaterial which both enables an extraordinary play of light over its surfaces while at the same time providing the tensilestrength and weight-saving attributes needed to support its monumental headdress measuring over nine meters wide.Commenting on his involvement in the 2010 Beyond Limits exhibition at Chatsworth, Manolo Valdés, the New YorkbasedSpanish sculptor, states: “Seeing my work in such a spectacular setting is very rewarding. It is seldom that onemay find such an ideal place as Chatsworth to show this type of art.”

Yue Minjun (b. 1962) has been one of the mostprominent rising stars of the ChineseContemporary Art scene in recent years andSotheby’s is delighted to present an eye-catchingwork by him this year: a set of 25 bronze figuresentitled Contemporary Terracotta Warriors. Theyrepresent Minjun’s visual response to the 8,000-strong Qin dynasty terracotta warriors (221-206BC), one of China’s world famous culturalattractions. The figures are placed within thestepped cascade at Chatsworth, imbuing them withthe order of a military display.

Further Asian highlights in the exhibition are two stainless steelsculptures entitled Swimming (illustrated right) by Taiwan’s JuMing (b. 1938). Ju Ming made his debut at Chatsworth in2008 and this year, his bathers are juxtaposed within theestate’s rock pool. An imposing Taichi Series arch rounds off hisofferings. The Indian Contemporary artist Subodh Gupta (b.1964) will also once again be represented; this year by animportant sculpture entitled Hungry God, a piece that featureshis characteristic aluminum pots and pans and which is installedin Paxton’s glasshouse known as the Conservative Wall.