Father and daughter artists launch new immersive exhibition at Waddesdon Manor
A well-known artist and his daughter, an emerging designer, are bringing a new exhibition to a famous Aylesbury Vale venue.
Bruce Munro and Tink Munro have created the Four Seasons exhibition which arrives at Waddesdon Manor on March 27 and runs until November 29.
Four Seasons is themed around time and place and includes a series of new large-scale indoor installations, featuring projections, light, digital photography and fabric art, seasonal changes as well as the music and memories they inspire.
Bruce previously enjoyed a four-year artistic residency involving an art programme at Waddesdon Manor. His work has also been showcased in the USA and Australia, plus Japan and Scandinavia.
Waddesdon Manor reveals the Four Seasons exhibition is a new version of his 2016 creation that will be showcased at the manor’s refurbished Coach House at the Stables.
He said: “It’s a great privilege to be exhibiting at Waddesdon again, especially as it’s my first collaboration with my youngest daughter Tink. Four Seasons conjures up many thoughts and emotions and it feels timely to seek inspiration, guidance and solace from nature. It is the beauty of the natural world as it morphs through time and space that captures my imagination.”
Bruce has created a mandala of four-leaf-shaped forms. “Across the surface, animated veins of Morse Code – colour-coded for each season – transmit the photosynthesis equation, generating a random rhythmic pulse as the forms animate with threads of light, a spokesperson for the manor revealed.
“Tink’s work will be based on her experience of making tree-inspired artwork, she has now created 72 individual pieces from filigrees of bark cloth which grouped together produce an ethereal and contemplative work. Backlit and with intricate detail, the piece will showcase the hidden processes of growth that occur in the earth.”
Waddesdon Manor also revealed that a selection of piano recordings taken from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons will be played at the exhibition.
Tink added “Having visited Waddesdon on multiple occasions, I have always been struck by its beauty, from the architecture to the gardens - always an unforgettable experience. It is an honour to exhibit my latest artworks in such a space, alongside my dad, Bruce, who has been a constant source of inspiration to me."