Houghton Hall’s 2024 programme will see Antony Gormley and Magdalene Odundo stage major solo presentations. Antony Gormley will present Time Horizon, with 100 life-size, cast iron bodies punctuating the grounds of Houghton Hall in Norfolk. In the Hall and Contemporary Gallery, Magdalene Odundo will present her first solo exhibition in the UK since her acclaimed 2019 survey at The Hepworth Wakefield and the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts.
NCAS has arranged a private ncas tour of these exhibitions led by art experts Amanda Geitner and Caroline Fisher on Thursday 13th June.
Antony Gormley: Time Horizon
Dates: Sunday 21 April – Thursday 31 October 2024
Magdalene Odundo Exhibition
Dates: Sunday 9 June – Sunday 29 September 2024
Time Horizon, one of Antony Gormley’s most spectacular large-scale installations, will be shown across Houghton Hall’s house and grounds this spring, the first time the work has been staged in the UK since it was installed in Catanzaro, Italy, in 2006. Featuring 100 life-size bodies, the sculptures are all installed at the same datum level to create a single horizontal plane across over 200 acres of parkland. Some sculptures will be buried and others elevated on concrete columns. This installation, which Gormley describes as a form of acupuncture, interacts with the particularity of its surroundings: trees, house, running deer, other sculptures and the changing conditions of the weather, and it invites visitors to become part of a reflexive field. Antony Gormley is one of the most important artists of his generation and is widely acclaimed for his sculptures, installations and public artworks that investigate the relationship of the human body to space. His work has been exhibited throughout the UK and internationally.
One of the world’s most revered ceramic artists, Dame Magdalene Odundo, will present an exhibition of sculptures made and sited in response to the state rooms at Houghton Hall. The group of new works will be presented in the great Stone Hall, while early works have been selected to create resonant dialogues with the William Kent-designed interiors. The exhibition will also include a new commission created during Odundo’s recent residency at Wedgwood, reflecting on the history of the company, Josiah Wedgwood’s role in the abolitionist movement and the continued fight for racial equality. This will be Odundo’s first solo exhibition in the UK since her acclaimed 2019 survey The Journey of Things at The Hepworth Wakefield and the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts.
Places are limited to 30 and must be booked in advance. Ticket price: £35.
To book your place, contact Janey Bevington - janeybevington0@gmail.com
NCAS Tour Arrangements (pre-booked ticket only): Meet at the West Front of Hall at 10.20am for an introduction by Amanda Geitner and Caroline Fisher. We then move into the Hall for a talk on the Odundo and Gormley exhibitions (exclusive access to the State Rooms and Stone Hall between 11am -12 noon). ncas members will then be free to spend the rest of the day walking, touring the Hall, gardens and estate.
Please note: this tour was originally schedule for 24th April (Gormley) and 12th June (Odundo). For queries concerning these date changes, please contact Janey Bevington.
