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NewsletterDecember 2016 — May 2017
In new placesand spaces
Wonderful to see the new building coming out of the ground and find out about the exciting plans for the future of Kettle’s Yard.Professor Jon Cook, Chair of Arts Council England South East
In September I had the opportunity to show Jon Cook around the Kettle’s Yard building site. We stood on a walkway with our backs to the Castle Street façade, watching the men busy below us. Two months later and the walkway has gone and the roof of the largest of our two new galleries, the Sackler Gallery, is nearing completion. The best place to view the site is from St Peter’s Churchyard. You can enter the Churchyard via a temporary wooden bridge from St Peter’s Street.
Away from the site, we are in the midst of hanging and opening ten exhibitions and projects across Cambridge, all drawing on the Kettle’s Yard collection. You will find much loved paintings in unfamiliar contexts, and less well known pieces from our reserve collection. We are also presenting work by contemporary artists, including a special installation by Jesse Wine at the Museum of Cambridge.
Discussed in this newsletter, I am especially proud of our continuing partnership with the students and staff of North Cambridge Academy. Our learning team have been in residence at the school alongside the artist Johann Arens. Involving every pupil in activities, Arens has made new artworks for corridors and staircases, and turned an empty classroom into an alternative studio space.
From the Director
Further afield, Kettle’s Yard is making a splash in Yorkshire. Until March next year, The Hepworth Wakefield is presenting ‘Anthea Hamilton Reimagines Kettle’s Yard’ in their largest gallery. Inspired by visits to the Kettle’s Yard House, Hamilton has re-presented art works and objects from the House as well as making new work of her own, and selecting works by some of her contemporaries. Read more about these projects and others in this newsletter and on our website. Sign up for our e-news to stay in touch.
All our activities in Cambridge and beyond are possible because of the generosity of many organisations and individuals. Thank you to everyone. If you would like discuss how you can help, please get in touch.
Best wishes,Andrew Nairne, Director
Right: View of alternative studio space at North Cambridge Academy created by Johann Arens in collaboration with students
Front cover: Installation view of Anthea Hamilton Reimagines Kettle’s Yard at The Hepworth Wakefield Photo: Stuart Whipps
...I tried to bring out my understanding of what the house was – as a place of light, space, of the spaces between objects....In many of the new works I’ve made I used a form of extraction – it’s not necessarily a direct quotation from things, but more the distilling of certain moments. *
Inspired by visits to the Kettle’s Yard House, Anthea Hamilton has created a special installation for The Hepworth Wakefield, including a series of new works exhibited for the first time. Hamilton’s new pieces are exhibited alongside a re-presentation by the artist of art and objects from the Kettle’s Yard collection, including important works by Naum Gabo, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Christopher Wood and Alfred Wallis. Across two galleries, over 40 works from the collection are on display. Hamilton has also invited and selected several British and international artists to contribute to the new installation, these include: French artist Laëtitia Badaut Haussmann, British artist Nicholas Byrne, German artist Daniel Sinsel and the celebrated American photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
Andrew Bonacina, Chief Curator at The Hepworth comments: ‘It’s exciting to see what happens when the collection leaves that (Kettle’s Yard) context, which is so fixed and precise. We all felt that Anthea would have the right level of disruption and irreverence.’ *
Born in London in 1978, Hamilton is currently shortlisted for the 2016 Turner Prize. Her work has been exhibited in many UK and international exhibitions.
Anthea Hamilton Reimagines Kettle’s YardUntil 19 March 2017, at The Hepworth Wakefield
A publication about the exhibition will be available from December 2016.
Watch an interview with Anthea Hamilton on our website: www.kettlesyard.co.uk/antheahamilton
*quotes from Apollo Magazine and published interview with Anthea Hamilton
Above and right: Installation views of Anthea Hamilton Reimagines Kettle’s Yard at The Hepworth Wakefield, photos: Stuart Whipps
From Ben Nicholson to Helen Frankenthaler, highlights from our House and reserve collections can be found around Cambridge this winter. In the University Library enjoy abstract paintings and collages from the 1960s; at Wolfson College explore artists’ contrasting interpretations of cities; and in the beautiful Heong Gallery discover works ranging from Alfred Wallis to contemporary artist Richard Long (lent by the artist) that explore the land. The Museum of Cambridge has been transformed through an ambitious intervention by artist Jesse Wine. Wine has combined his own ceramic sculptures, works from our collection and the Museum of Cambridge, and a sound work to take you on an unexpected and extraordinary journey through the Museum. Enjoy these and further unique opportunities to experience the collection in new contexts through our ‘Kettle’s Yard in new places and spaces’ programme.Jennifer Powell, Senior Curator
In November 1966, Kettle’s Yard was gifted to the University of Cambridge by Jim Ede, a curator and writer, who had formerly worked at the Tate. 2016 marks 50 years since this remarkable act of philanthropy. We are celebrating the anniversary across Cambridge through displays and special events.
Celebrating 50 years as part of the University of Cambridge 1966 — 2016
Exhibitions continue into 2017 and are accompanied by a talks programme see further details below and on our website kettlesyard.co.uk/fifty
BEING MODERNKettle’s Yard at the Fitzwilliam MuseumUntil 26 March 2017, Glaisher GalleryWorks by 20th century artists who sought to make art in response to the modern world. The display unites for the first time, paintings and sculptures by pioneering modern artists who are represented in the Kettle’s Yard and Fitzwilliam Museum collections, including sculpture, ceramics, paintings and prints by Lucie Rie, William Scott, Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson and Roger Hilton.
IN SEARCH OF NEW FORMSEntrance Hall, Cambridge University LibraryUntil 8 January 2017The exhibition draws on Kettle’s Yard’s extensive collection of abstract painting, collages and prints that date from the 1960s to the 1980s. Artists who have variously used abstract forms, colours, symbols and words in their works such as British painter Roger Hilton, Italian painter and collagist Italo Valenti, and Czech-born artist and poet Jirí Kolár are included. The latest dated work on display is a quickly executed, vibrant painting by Helen Frankenthaler who was one of the defining artists of American Abstract Expressionism in the late 1940s and 1950s.
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS AS PART OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE 1966–2016
SLUDGY PORTRAIT OF HIMSELFJesse Wine at the Museum of CambridgeUntil 5 February 2017This project, devised by artist Jesse Wine, weaves together objects, light and sound into an abstract narrative that draws inspiration from the rich history of folklore in Cambridgeshire’s watery fenland landscape. New work by Wine, along with objects selected by him from the collections of both the Museum of Cambridge and Kettle’s Yard, become part of the eclectic displays throughout the Museum of Cambridge’s 17th century buildings. Visitors are guided through the spaces by a new sound work by musician Daniel Woolhouse, that takes the form of a museum audio tour.£4, concessions £2, under 12s free
REIMAGINING THE CITYWolfson CollegeUntil 8 January 2017Reimagining the City brings together works from the Kettle’s Yard collection that capture artists’ interpretations of the city. It includes paintings, prints and drawings depicting both real and imaginary cities that span several decades. As well as artworks by modern British artists such as Christopher Wood and Ben Nicholson there are two sketchbooks by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska and prints from the German Cities series by Dieter Roth.
Jesse Wine, As I Am Now One Day Ye Will Be I, 2016
Kettle’s Yard in new places and spacesFor full addresses and opening times see kettlesyard.co.uk/fifty
ELISABETH VELLACOTT: FIGURES IN THE LANDSCAPE New Hall Art Collection at Murray Edwards CollegeUntil 15 January 2017This display draws together rarely seen drawings and paintings by Vellacott from Kettle’s Yard’s collection and a loan from the Arts Council Collection. The exhibition is the first to focus on Vellacott’s imaginative portrayal of the figure in her landscapes.
PORTRAITS OF PLACEWorks from Kettle’s Yard and Richard LongHeong Gallery, Downing CollegeUntil 15 January 2017Paintings, sculptures, collages and works on paper by artists who have been inspired to make artworks that respond to the places in which they have lived and worked.
The exhibition includes an array of intimate depictions of British landscapes from the Kettle’s Yard collection, including early paintings of Cumberland and Cornwall by Ben Nicholson and Alfred Wallis and a John Constable landscape from Downing College’s collection. Selected collages, paintings and photographs responding to rural and urban sites by non-British artists such as Italo Valenti and Helen Frankenthaler are also on display. Reflecting the continuity of artists’ engagement with this subject today, Portraits of Place also includes works by British artist Richard Long, lent by the artist.
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS AS PART OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE 1966–2016
DISCOVERY THROUGH DISPLAYKettle’s Yard at the Alison Richard Building 23 January–24 March 2017Displays that take inspiration from the arrangement of artworks and objects in the Kettle’s Yard House. When Jim Ede created Kettle’s Yard in 1957, he arranged artworks, found objects and furniture in ways that simultaneously responded to, and influenced the viewer’s movement around the spaces – challenging conventional experiences of viewing art in galleries. These conventions are further tested by installing artworks and objects from the Kettle’s Yard collection within the dynamic, multifunctional spaces of the Alison Richard Building.
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS AS PART OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE 1966–2016
FREE TALKS BY STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
In Focus – William Scott, by Judy Zhou22 November, 1.15pm, Fitzwilliam MuseumJudy Zhou will provide an introduction to the artist William Scott, exploring the works in the Being Modern display.
In Focus – Italo Valenti, by Francesca Dytor25 November, 5.30pm, Entrance Hall, Cambridge University LibraryFrancesca Dytor will focus on Valenti’s artwork La Tua Ombre; Ton Ombre, 1966.
In Focus – Mario Sironi, by Anna McGee28 November, 12.30pm, The Combination Room, Wolfson College(first floor, above the Porter’s Lodge)Explore some of the key works by Mario Sironi in the Kettle’s Yard collection, and discover this artist’s connections with Italian Fascism, Futurism and Metaphysical Art.
In Focus – Helen Frankenthaler, by Cora Chalaby3 December, 12.30pm, Entrance Hall, Cambridge University LibraryJoin Cora Chalaby for an introduction to the works of Helen Frankenthaler.
Discovery Through Display, Curators Talk, by Josephine Waugh1 February 2017, 5pm, the Alison Richard Building
Above: Alfred Wallis, Flowering Trees, n.d.
Right: Installation view of Portraits of Place at the Heong Gallery
MOTION TRACKS: KETTLE’S YARD AT NORTH CAMBRIDGE ACADEMY
Throughout 2016, Kettle’s Yard learning team have been in residence at North Cambridge Academy, working with students and staff on an art commission for their new school building.
In February, a panel of Arts Ambassadors from North Cambridge Academy with Kettle’s Yard, selected sculptor Johann Arens to work on a programme of engagement, culminating in new artworks for the school. Working with students, Johann Arens transformed a classroom into an alternative studio space creating an informal and inspirational environment to make, display and discuss art.
The programme, called Motion Tracks, explored how the students understood and connected with their school as a space and a site within the community. The Summer term was busy with Johann Arens in school, working with Arts Ambassadors to invite selected classes to join them on curated Art Walks. During a special Art Day, every student from years 7-10 took part in an artist-led workshop. At a community evening, parents and local residents had the opportunity to contribute their thoughts to the programme.
Inspired by his time with the students, Arens’ final artworks were made and installed over the Summer holidays. The
works populate the whole of the new school building, fitting in and around architectural features; door frames, mirrors and lockers, to be viewed and enjoyed by users of the school every day.
The final artworks will be celebrated at the official school opening early in 2017.
CIRCUIT @ MILL ROAD WINTER FAIRPop up art eventSaturday 3 December, 10.30am–4.30pmCafe Room, Romsey Mill, free, drop inYoung people from Circuit Cambridge have organised a day of creative activities led by artists.
CIRCUIT UNLOCKS: SOCIAL ART EVENTSTuesdays, 5.30–7.30pm, free17 January, ELAN Studio28 February, Wysing Arts CentreSocialise with friends, meet new people and enjoy creative activity.
TEST, RISK, CHANGEFriday 10 March 2017, 10am–6pmNottingham Contemporary Exploring democratic practice between young people, youth organisations and galleries. Kettle’s Yard and Wysing Arts Centre along with seven other galleries across England and Wales will be discussing the lessons learnt from four years of the Circuit young peoples’ programme at a national conference.Free, booking essential. See circuit.tate.org.uk
kettleysard.co.uk/circuit
Circuit are the young peoples group at Wysing Arts Centre and Kettle’s Yard. Circuit is led by Tate and funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
For Young People
FITZ FIRST FAMILIES Saturday 4 February 2017, 2–4pm, free, drop in Visit the Fitz Family Welcome Point in Gallery 33 to collect drawing materials and activities to explore some of the themes from the Being Modern display.
TWILIGHT Wednesday 15 February 2017, 4.30–7.30pm, free, some activities have limited availability Wrap up warm and come out to explore the collections and museums of Cambridge at our annual Twilight family event. Kettle’s Yard are teaming up with the Fitzwilliam Museum again this year with free activities for all ages.
Home from HomeEvents at the Fitzwilliam Museum
Motion Tracks classroom. Photo: Catarina Rodrigues.
SIN Cru performance at Circuit Pop Up Art Event. Photo: Claire Haigh.
YOU ARE HERE: MAKE YOUR MAP
Friday 25 November 2–7pmSaturday 26 November 11am–5pmChurch of the Good Shepherd, Mansel Way, CB4 2EPFREE
Isabella Martin, Open House Artist in Residence 2016, has been working with local groups over the past nine months to create a new map for North Cambridge. Inspired by Jim Ede’s inventories of objects in the House, found in the Kettle’s Yard archive, and maps found in the collections of the University of Cambridge Museums, she has been gathering people’s reflections and dreams about locations in North Cambridge.
Martin will set up a temporary print studio at the Church of the Good Shepherd in November where visitors can screen-print their own copy of the new map which has been inspired by the artworks, memories and conversations shared by local people. Martin has also responded to Alfred Wallis’ approach to his own work through the creation of the map as outlined in a Wallis letter to Ede in 1963:
What I do mosley is what use to bee out of my own memery what we may never see again as things are altered all to gether. There is nothin what ever do not look like what it was since I can rember
Open House is a long-term creative programme with Kettle’s Yard and communities in North Cambridge.
Art and Engagement in North Cambridge
Accompanying the print studio there will be a display of Alfred Wallis paintings from the Kettle’s Yard collection alongside artworks created by Martin’s collaborators since April.
SEPTEMBER TEA PARTIES
I really enjoyed watching everyone young and old, communicating, smiling and having a lovely afternoon Feedback from September Tea Party guest, Brown’s Fields Youth and Community Centre
Isabella Martin hosted two tea parties in September welcoming people to share their creative responses to their local area. Martin was inspired by Kettle’s Yard creator, Jim Ede who wrote in A Way of Life:
There is a beauty and significance in life, just below its surface and its strife, something of infinite beauty, of transparent peace, waiting to break out, to be embodied in a tea party…
At Arbury Court Library, Martin was joined by artists Jane Waterhouse and Rosanna Martin and at Brown’s Field she was joined by Paula Armstrong and Rachel McGivern. Together they worked with visitors to create souvenirs and ceramics celebrating the local area.
September Tea Party at Brown’s Fields Youth and Community Centre. Photo: Catarina Rodrigues.
TATE EXCHANGE
Kettle’s Yard is a Founding Associate of Tate Exchange, a place for conversation and experimentation in the new Switch House in Tate Modern. Tate Exchange is an ambitious ‘open experiment’ which allows other organisations and members of the public to participate in Tate’s creative process, running events and projects on site and using art as a way of addressing wider issues in the world around us.
Inspired by Open House, Kettle’s Yard is exploring the principles for creating artwork in community settings.
Monday 6 March, 11am–4pm, drop inTate Exchange, 5th floorArtist Isabella Martin will host a public workshop inviting visitors to Tate Modern to a creative conversation about the role of art in their own community.
Tuesday 7 March, 11am–4pmSymposium, Tate ExchangeExplore and define the core elements for collaborative projects between artists, cultural organisations and communities in this one day symposium.
We will be joined by former Open House Artists in Residence, Emma Smith and Isabella Martin, North Cambridge community members and speakers from programmes across the UK including Efford Take a Part, Turner Contemporary and Creative People and Places.
For more information about this event including booking details, please visit: www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern/tate-exchange
Left: Emma Smith, Open House Artist in Residence 2015 at Variations on a Weekend Theme
Right: Isabella Martin, Open House Artist in Residence 2016 with students from The Grove Primary School
Busch Trio, 24 November 2016Haydn: Piano Trio, Hob.XV:29 Beethoven: Piano Trio, Op.97 ‘Archduke’ Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio, Op.50
Tamsin Waley-Cohen, violin & Huw Watkins, piano, 26 January 2017The Jim and Helen Ede ConcertKettle’s Yard artist-in-residence 2016-2017Schubert: Violin Sonata, D574 Dvorák: Romantic Pieces, Op.75Janácek: Violin SonataDvorák: Violin Sonata, Op.57 Smetana: ‘From my homeland’
Music
Smetana: ‘Rhapsody on a Bohemian Song’ Brahms: Hungarian Dances (selection)
Ruisi Quartet, 2 FebruaryHaydn: String Quartet, Op.50 No.1 Mozart: String Quartet, K465 ‘Dissonance’ Mendelssohn: String Quartet, Op.44 No.2
Daniel Lebhardt, piano, 9 FebruaryJ.S. Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV971 Brahms: Six Pieces, Op.118Bartók: Out of Doors, Sz.81 Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No.2
Ligeti Quartet, 23 February Ligeti: String Quartet No.1 Christian Mason: Tuvan Songbook Lou Harrison: Estampie, from String Quartet Set Fodé Lassana Diabaté: Nana Triban, from Sunjata’s Time Bartók: String Quartet No.5
Boris Giltburg, piano, 2 MarchBeethoven: Piano Sonata, Op.27 No.2 ‘Moonlight’Brahms: Seven Fantasias, Op.116 Rachmaninov: Etudes-Tableaux, Op.39
Tesla Quartet, 4 MayHaydn: String Quartet, Op.20 No.4 Bartók: String Quartet No.6Dvorák: String Quartet No.14, Op.105
Tamsin Waley-Cohen, violin and friends, 11 MayKettle’s Yard artist-in-residence 2016-2017Shostakovich: Piano Trio No.2 Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
Tamsin Waley-Cohen, violin and Huw Watkins, piano, 18 MayKettle’s Yard artist-in-residence 2016-2017Debussy: Violin Sonata in G minor Respighi: Violin Sonata in B minor Sibelius: Five Pieces for Violin & Piano Elgar: Violin Sonata in E minor
Llyr Williams, piano, 25 May Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 30, 31 & 32, Opp.109-111
Booking£16 or £6 full time studentsTo book, phone 01223 748100 or visit kettlesyard.co.uk/musicTickets are also available on the door
Opposite page: Ruisi Quartet.Left: Tamsin Waley-Cohen. Photo: Patrick Allen.
Kettle’s Yard Chamber Music series at the Old Divinity School, St John’s College. Concerts start at 8pm, doors open at 7.30pm
Shop Don’t miss our online shop for a range of art related books and sculpture casts. For Christmas we have a 3 for 2 special offer on Kettle’s Yard Christmas cards. You can also buy items over the phone, 01223 748100. kettlesyard.co.uk/shop
Kettle’s Yard is grateful to Arts Council England, The Heritage Lottery Fund, The Higher Education Funding Council, Cambridge City Council, The Isaac Newton Trust, The Paul Hamlyn Foundation, The Artisa Foundation, The Ede Circle, The Friends of Kettle’s Yard, Dr Shirley Ellis and other individual donors.
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Major BenefactorsHeritage Lottery Fund, Arts Council England.
Director’s CircleClore Duffield Foundation, DCMS-Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund, Edlis Neeson Foundation, J Paul Getty Jr Charitable Trust, The Monument Trust, The Sackler Trust, Sir Siegmund Warburg’s Voluntary Settlement.
Major FundersDaphne & Micky Astor, Atack van Someren Charitable Trust, The Bowness Family, Cambridge City Council, Sir Charles & Lady Chadwyck-Healey, The Marquess of Cholmondeley, Evolution Education Trust, Gerard & Sarah Griffin, Bonamy & Juliet Grimes, Alfred Harrison, Hauser Raspe Foundation, Hazlitt Holland Hibbert, The Hepworth Estate, Jeremy Lewison, Mark & Liza Loveday, Dr Christopher & Gill Mallinson, The Quercus Trust, Trinity College, Dr Michael & Mrs Ruth West.
With thanks to all the trusts and individuals who have supported the appeal and those who wish to remain anonymous.
Ede Circle MembersDr Carol Atack & Alex van Someren, Clodagh & Jonathan Barker, Professor Dame Gillian Beer, Lady Bessborough, Helaine Blumenfeld, Sophie Bowness, Sir Charles & Lady Chadwyck-Healey, Adrian & Leanne Clark, Dr David & Mrs Ros Cleevely, Eve Corder, Professor Martin & Dr Claire Daunton, Lucy Davison, Janice Fearnley, Sally & Michael Fowler, Peter Gerrard, Penny & Nick Heath, Sally Kalman, Tim Llewellyn, Meredith Lloyd-Evans, Anne Lonsdale, Dr Chris Mallinson, Ken & Annabel Neale, Pamela Raspe, Louisa Riley-Smith, Jonathan & Nicole Scott, Stuart Shave, Professor Elizabeth Simpson, Toby Smeeton, Dr Richard Staughton, Rosanna Wilson Stephens, MaryAnne Stevens.
And those who chose to remain anonymous.
Support Us
Kettle’s Yard needs to raise funds to support our diverse programme of exhibitions, music, learning and community projects.
There are many ways to get involved and support our work. You can become a member of the Ede Circle or a Friend of Kettle’s Yard, or donate towards the part of our programme that interests you the most. We would love to hear from you so please do get in touch with the Development Office on 01223 748100 or [email protected] donate online, please visit kettlesyard.co.uk/support
Webcam image of the Kettle’s Yard building site, October 2016
Friends of Kettle’s YardThe Friends of Kettle’s Yard are continuing to be as active as ever during the building project. Membership of the Friends costs just £20 for single membership and is an excellent way of supporting Kettle’s Yard as well as keeping in touch and enjoying a special programme of Friends events. The Friends organise a variety of activities including visits to other galleries, private collections and artists’ studios, long weekends to various centres of art within the UK and abroad, special talks and an annual party. kettlesyard.co.uk/friends
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