![]() ![]() ![]() Over the last eight years, Sotheby’s Beyond Limits at Chatsworth has firmly established itself as one of the most prestigious selling exhibitions of modern and contemporary outdoor sculpture and a key event in the art world calendar. As the visitors walk around the elements of the installation, the mountains, trees, figures, houses and reflections on the pool coalesce into new tableaux vivant, enabling the viewer to experience Chinese ink painting in a three-dimensional sensory experience. This three-dimensional installation has been designed to bring Chinese ink painting to life. ![]() The full extent of the sculpture, arranged concentrically around the pond, will be revealed at the opening of this year’s Beyond Limits. To reproduce Tao Qian’s utopia, Xu Bing has created hundreds of ceramic objects (such as the ones in the images featured above) and collected mountain rocks from five different regions in China to reflect the specific characteristics of their regional identities. The dream-like landscape of Tao Hua Yuan: A Lost Village Utopia was inspired by the classic Chinese fable “Tao Hua Yuan” (“Peach Blossom Spring”) written by the scholar Tao Qian in AD421, about a chance discovery of an ethereal utopia where people live in harmony with nature. This multi-media work by acclaimed artist Xu Bing incorporates both natural and man- made elements in the form of natural rock formations, ceramics, exotic plants in addition to mist effects. While the Seahorse fountain undergoes restoration, Sotheby’s is privileged to have been offered the opportunity to transform this centrepiece of the South lawn, which sits directly below the south façade of the house, to install Tao Hua Yuan: A Lost Village Utopia. The outstanding work will be unveiled at the opening of this year’s exhibition on 8th September 2014 both in and around the Seahorse fountain, a circular pond on the historic South lawn in the Chatsworth Garden – a location usually off limits to the public. One of the largest and most impressive installations to date by the Chinese artist Xu Bing will feature among the highlights of the ninth annual Beyond Limits monumental sculpture exhibition at Chatsworth. ![]()
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