Jyll Bradley: Running and Returning
See a major exhibition that explores the rich, three-decade career of British artist Jyll Bradley. Known for her large-scale public commissions, 鈥楻unning and Returning鈥� also includes film, sculptural installations, photography, self-portraits and new works all seen together for the very first time.
Over the last 30 years Bradley鈥檚 work has examined notions of identity, urbanity, light, nature, queerness and community through a minimalist approach. Adopted as a child, finding her place has been central to her work. Minimalism has provided an opportunity to carve out a space often using light as a medium to convey metaphors and activate her work.
On arrival, you鈥檒l encounter The Hop (pictured above). Originally commissioned for The Hayward Gallery, London in 2022, this vibrant interactive sculpture connects urban landscapes with rural hop gardens and is set to project a spectrum of colours around Tavistock Place throughout the summer. With its move to Plymouth the sculpture takes on a new character that speaks of the structures we build to bring light for growth and connection - like the congregation that once worshipped at St Luke's, emerging on a Sunday morning, gathering, arms aloft, in the sunshine, or the form, shapes and tensioning of the sails and rigging on the ships that have started their journeys from or arrived in Plymouth over the centuries.
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See a major exhibition that explores the rich, three-decade career of British artist Jyll Bradley. Known for her large-scale public commissions, 鈥楻unning and Returning鈥� also includes film, sculptural installations, photography, self-portraits and new works all seen together for the very first time.
Over the last 30 years Bradley鈥檚 work has examined notions of identity, urbanity, light, nature, queerness and community through a minimalist approach. Adopted as a child, finding her place has been central to her work. Minimalism has provided an opportunity to carve out a space often using light as a medium to convey metaphors and activate her work.
On arrival, you鈥檒l encounter The Hop (pictured above). Originally commissioned for The Hayward Gallery, London in 2022, this vibrant interactive sculpture connects urban landscapes with rural hop gardens and is set to project a spectrum of colours around Tavistock Place throughout the summer. With its move to Plymouth the sculpture takes on a new character that speaks of the structures we build to bring light for growth and connection - like the congregation that once worshipped at St Luke's, emerging on a Sunday morning, gathering, arms aloft, in the sunshine, or the form, shapes and tensioning of the sails and rigging on the ships that have started their journeys from or arrived in Plymouth over the centuries.
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I鈥檝e encountered Jyll Bradley鈥檚 work several times, though often as large outdoor sculptures 鈥� whether at the Folkestone Triennial, outside Hayward Gallery, or part of Sculpture in the City.
