Houghton Hall is set to host the largest-ever retrospective of British sculptor Stephen Cox.
The exhibition, running from May 4 to September 28, will feature the most comprehensive collection of Cox’s work to date.
Spanning over 40 years, the display will include pieces created worldwide, from India to Egypt, Italy, and the UK.
Around 20 marble and stone sculptures will be placed throughout the landscape, with smaller works installed in the State Rooms on the first floor of the house.
A modern gallery space in the South Wing will showcase works on paper and a large marble and porphyry sculpture, “Shrine,” created for the National Gallery’s Encounters exhibition in 2000.
Stephen Cox, Yoginis (Image: Peter Searle)
Stephen Cox, known for his monumental stone works, has exhibited globally, including at MOMA, New York, and the National Gallery and Tate Britain, London.
He was the first artist in centuries to access the Imperial Porphyry Quarries in Egypt’s Eastern Mountains.
His works are part of numerous private and public collections worldwide.
Cox said: “I work amongst diverse cultures and look for the imaginative which, like poetry, gives us ‘meaning’ without definition.”
Lord Cholmondeley, owner of Houghton Hall, said: ‘’Twenty years after we installed his elegant sculpture, Interior Space, in the woods at Houghton, we are delighted to be hosting this major retrospective of Stephen’s work, spanning four decades.”
Houghton Hall, built for Britain’s first prime minister, Sir Robert Walpole, in the 1720s, is one of the country’s best examples of the Palladian style.
Over the past 20 years, it has presented some of the UK’s most outstanding contemporary exhibitions, attracting considerable national and international interest.
The exhibition is organised by the Houghton Arts Foundation, supported by the Rothschild Foundation, with key assistance from the artist.
Tickets are £22 when booked online and £24 at the gate.
