Fresh Take at Burghley House
Contemporary art residency programme and exhibition with Burghley House for 2013
An exciting new contemporary art exhibition ‘Fresh Take’ will be held this year at Burghley House featuring with 6 local artists. The artists, working in variety of media, will undertake a residency with Burghley House, responding to an element of the house interior and its history, juxtaposing the traditions of Burghley with current contexts, creating a fresh cultural dialogue between past and present. Following an open call to all contemporary artists in the Greater Peterbrough area for a new artists residency programme, a panel has now selected the final six who will come up with their ideas for new works of art based on Burghley. Each will take their inspiration from an element of the house interior and its history, juxtaposing the traditions of Burghley with current contexts, creating a fresh cultural “take” on the House merging past and present. The new artworks created will eschew traditional approaches, and look to be innovative in medium and concept, providing a sympathetic but challenging complement to Burghley House’s exceptional collection of historic paintings and artworks. The artworks will be exhibited in Burghley’s Staterooms from September to November 2013. A series of events for the public, such as artists’ talks and workshops, will be held during the exhibition as well as educational visits. This project is supported by National Lottery public funding through Arts Council England and also Creative Peterborough.For more information please contact Sam Roddan at [email protected]
