Wincanton – Inspiring Lovers of Unconventional Art?

Quentin Ravioli, Fine Arts Correspondent of Ola! Magazine visited Bruton recently to investigate what is being done to transform a sleepy Somerset town into an international hub for contemporary art and thought that he would do some investigation of what neighbouring towns also had to offer discerning art-lovers looking for something cutting edge.

He was, in his own words "Blown away by the large-scale and challenging art installations in Wincanton, which demonstrate that innovation is not just the preserve of the international contemporary art establishment". Quentin particularly liked "The House with the Blues" which greets visitors arriving from the West, as well as "Detritus" in Station Rd, "The Bramble Barrier" along the South side of Bayford Hill and the "Wincanton Wilderness" between the Balsam Centre and the Convent.

"Wincanton is to be congratulated for enabling these exciting art works to be created for the benefit of local people, who no doubt appreciate the way in which they enhance what would otherwise be a conventionally 'pretty' town", says Quentin.

No doubt foreign visitors will soon be flocking in – to Wincanton rather than Bruton.

Comments

Samson
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Wincanton Art
Reply #1 on : Fri January 10, 2014, 20:24:03

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And it is not even April 1st but the point is very well made.

So Town Council when are we going to see some progress?

bod
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wicanton art.....
Reply #2 on : Sat January 11, 2014, 23:35:34

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and who do all of these sites have in common????

begins with H
ends with S
has "opkin" in the middle !!!

rentawitch
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This is awful.
Reply #3 on : Sun January 12, 2014, 00:04:16

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If the owner of these sites won't do anything, could we get groups together like for the River Cale clean-up and make them look better. It is such a shame.

Prometheus
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Wincanton Art......
Reply #4 on : Mon January 20, 2014, 10:34:58

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Ah yes... the hanging Gardens of Wincanton on Bayford Hill is certainly a masterpiece. The delicate choice of bindweed and bramble against a background of brutalist construction fencing is a stroke of inspirational genius.

A recent photo in the Western Gazette featured the local District Councillors against this background...do they contribute to the artistic input of this singular creation ? Perhaps they would volunteer to give a presentation of the cultural assets of Wincanton and their part in this artistic ascendency ?

Preferred the original wall myself but that's a distant and fading memory.

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