Strollers symbolically mark that critical moment when children leave their parents’ arms to be ‘pushed into the world’. Here, the disproportionate size and concrete wheels create a strong contrast to the original, flimsy childhood forms.
The title, created from the verb ‘to stall’, reinforces this idea of blockage and immobility.
Visitors are encouraged to sit in these forms and slip back into a meditation on our origins and youth, as well as reflecting on how our personal identities change over time depending on our environment.
The art installation will be available to view by guests and visitors alike, from 24 May until 12 November 2023.
Nari Ward
Loris Cecchini
IDENTITY AND NATURE: LORIS CECCHINI AT LE MANOIR AUX QUAT’SAISONS
Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, A Belmond Hotel, Oxfordshire presents Arborexence (2023,) a sculptural installation by Loris Cecchini, composed of a lattice of stainless steel that spreads harmoniously over the façade of the hotel.
The property is distinguished for its impeccable and idyllic gardens, transforming seasonally, an emblematic representation of nature’s cycles. The artists’ sculptural piece highlights science through its molecular composition, branching out and expanding on the building’s facade, mirroring the ivy’s natural propagation. The sculpture becomes a second skin, tracing, restoring and renewing the building itself.
Going beyond the purely aesthetic aspect of nature, Loris Cecchini seeks to discover what lies beneath the surface, using scientific means to unveil complex structures and chemical bonds. Framed by the bountiful gardens of the property, spectators will be reminded of what lies within the beauty of nature and its forms.
Loris Cecchini’s work and Le Manoir’s gardens are a perfect synergy, both, in their own ways, a celebration of nature and a reminder to protect it.
The art installation will be available to view by guests and visitors alike from 30 June until spring 2024. Exact dates to follow.
More to come on the art installation at Copacabana Palace, A Belmond Hotel, Rio in due course.
