Seventeen years since she exhibited as part of the Marshwood Arts Awards in 2008, a monumental work by internationally acclaimed sculptor, Emily Young, will be showing in the forecourt of Bridport Arts Centre until the end of August.
The sculpture, Lost Mountain Head I, was first shown at the Venice Biennale in 2013. It was part of Emily’s solo show We Are Stone’s Children in the cloister of the Madonna del ‘Orto.
In 2008 Emily exhibited Onyx Head when she selected sculptors Greta Berlin, Chris Dunseath and Marzia Colonna to join that year’s Marshwood Arts Awards mixed exhibition.
As Emily’s solo show Comparative Stillness closes at The Richard Green Gallery, New Bond St. London, Lost Mountain Head I comes to the forecourt of Bridport Arts Centre for the summer months of 2025. The piece has remained part of Emily’s Artist’s collection, and has been shown at international and UK venues including Berkeley Square, Christies and Bankside (next to the Tate Modern). It returned to the Venice Biennale last year, along with five other works, where Emily’s show won the European Cultural Centre’s ‘Sculpture and Installation’ prize.
Born in London into a family of writers, artists, politicians, naturalists and explorers Emily worked primarily as a painter, studying briefly at Chelsea School of Art, Central St Martins in London and Stonybrook University, New York.
Bridport is the home of Emily’s UK workshop and private gallery, with most of the studio team being residents of the town.
Bridport Arts Centre director Claire Tudge said ‘We are delighted and honoured to be hosting Lost Mountain Head I on the forecourt of the Arts Centre during the summer months where it can be enjoyed by residents and visitors to our town.
For more information about Emily Young visit:
www.emilyyoung.com or follow her on Instagram
@emilyyoungsculpture.
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