On Form
Munch by Ben Russell
Senator by Paul Vanstone
Big O by Benji Lowsley-Williams
Dawn by Rob Good
Dawn (detail) by Rob Good
Amara by William Peers
Specimen 37 by Ben Russell
No Prob Llama by Regis Chaperon
Mangatori Les enfants by Guy Stevens
Big Dreams by Rob Good
The past few years have not invited a lot of touch. Quarantined at home and isolated from friends, many people have felt a lack of connection both emotionally and physically. This summer, on form celebrates so much of what has been missing in our lives: art, Nature, contemplation, communication, and the joy of touch, the sense that has been found to calm our nervous centre and slow down our heartbeat. Over 300 stone sculptures are exhibited in the heavenly gardens and landscape of Asthall Manor in Oxfordshire. Visitors are urged to engage with the sculptures, to stroke, smell and feel the ancient surface of each stone. This multi-sensory experience affects people in deep-rooted and unexpected ways.
The 2022 on form exhibition runs at Asthall Manor from 12 June to 10 July 2022.
All photographs by Julia Parker @urbansquirrel
