Where is home? Join renowned artist Permindar Kaur and writer Hettie Judah for a fascinating discussion exploring this profound question at the heart of Kaur’s artwork.
Drawing from her inclusion in current Compton Verney exhibitions Sculpture in the Park and A Spirit Inside, Kaur will discuss her longstanding exploration of the ideas of public versus private spaces, childhood memories, cultural identity and what truly makes a place feel like home.
Using materials like glass, metal and fabric, Kaur’s intricate pieces beautifully capture the complexities of belonging as she creates alluring, thought-provoking art that challenges our perspectives.
Joining Kaur is Hettie Judah, a respected writer, curator and expert voice on contemporary art whose commentary is regularly published in The Guardian, Apollo, Frieze, and The Times Literary Supplement.
Sculpture in the Park is a major new contemporary sculpture park at Compton Verney where cutting-edge contemporary art meets historic landscape. Wander among powerful works by celebrated artists from around the world, including a brand-new piece made just for us. Explore how these daring sculptures reimagine ideas of community, home and utopia for the 21st century.
£12 plus a valid Day Ticket or Membership
Hettie Judah is a regular contributor to The Guardian, Apollo, Frieze and The Times Literary Supplement. She is the curator of the new Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood which is currently on show at the Arnolfini in Bristol and travelling the UK over the next 18 months. Her recent books include Lapidarium: The Secret Lives of Stones (2022). Thames & Hudson will publish the stand-alone book Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood in July 2024.
Permindar Kaur’s (b. 1965, Nottingham) artistic practice extends over more than three decades during which time she has become one of Britain’s most innovative artists. Known as much for her deft manipulation of materials including glass, metal, and fabric, as for her evocative exploration of home, childhood, memory and cultural identity, Kaur’s practice defies easy categorisation. With its fastidious regard for scale and form, Kaur’s work is both alluring and contemplative.
Kaur has exhibited internationally; Her Overgrown House (2020) is included in Compton Verney’s major new Sculpture in the Park project for 2024 alongside legendary sculptors such as Louise Bourgeois and Helen Chadwick. Major solo exhibitions include Outgrown (2022), The ArtHouse, Wakefield; Home, 5 Howick Place, London (2020–21); Interlopers, University of Hertfordshire (2016); Hiding Out, Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham Lakeside Arts (2014) and Cold Comfort, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham & Mead Gallery, Coventry (1996).
Her work was recently included in the major Arts Council Collection show Breaking the Mould: Sculpture by Women since 1945 (Yorkshire Sculpture Park; Djanogly Gallery, University of Nottingham; Levinsky Gallery & The Box, Plymouth; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull and The New Arts Gallery, Walsall, 2021–23) and If Not Now, When? Generations of Women in Sculpture in Britain, 1960–2022, Hepworth Wakefield and Saatchi Gallery, London (2023). At Home with Art, Tate & Hayward Touring (2000), featured Permindar’s Shower Curtain (2000), available for sale in Homebase. Permindar is a selector for New Contemporaries 2024.
Image: Sculpture in the Park- Overgrown House, Permindar Kaur © Compton Verney, photo by Jamie Woodley