David Nash at Kew - browse the art works
Find out more about the sculptures, drawings and paintings on display at Kew Gardens, as part of the David Nash at Kew: A Natural Gallery exhibition.
Apple Jacob
Originally made from apple wood, and now cast in bronze, this tripod depicts a flight of steps. The name refers to the Old Testament story in The Bible in which Jacob dreams of a ladder reaching into heaven.
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Ash Dome
Ash Dome is one of the most celebrated of Nash's living works. Since planting this work, Nash has produced a series of charcoal and pastel drawings inspired by this piece. You can see these works in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art.
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Black Dome
David Nash has made several Black Dome sculptures in his career, but most have been site-specific. This is the first 'travelling' Black Dome.
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Black Sphere
At Kew, Nash has deliberately placed Black Sphere on high ground - to catch our peripheral view, 'like a black full-stop'.
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Black Trunk
Nash charred this signature work for his 2010 Yorkshire Sculpture Park show.
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Blue Ring
Blue Ring began as a living work – a circle of bluebells on the hillside at Cae'n-y-Coed in Wales. In his exhibition at Kew Gardens, Nash represents this work through a series of drawings and a ring of bluebell seeds.
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Crossed Egg
The original from which this bronze has been cast was solid wood and the cross shapes were carved into the form. Bronze casts are hollow and Nash realised that he had an opportunity to use this hollowness, the crosses being cut through the shell to accentuate the three dimensional dynamic.
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Seed
Seed represents a contained ball of potential. Perhaps a seedling, ready to sprout, to push through seams upwards toward the light and downwards into the earth.
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Cairn Column
Cairn Column is carved from Sussex oak and was created for this exhibition at Kew.
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