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艺术家Bruce Munro继Field of Light之后给我们分享了他的首个个展信息，2012年6月9日到9月29日在美国长木花园举行的Bruce Munro个展。

长木花园历史悠久，是世界上最伟大的花园之一，这里有古典的温室，常常举行世界一流的音乐和艺术活动。Bruce Munro在这个花园中共创作了6个大型的户外装置，其中室内的装置有两个。许多新作品在这里第一次亮相。

万众瞩目的展览并没有让大家失望，人们满意而归，艺术家坦言：长木花园无以伦比的美丽给了他众多灵感，他不断挑战，希望通过自己的作品让访客领略光景观的美丽。

▼山坡光带，ARROW SPRING

光林是遍布在森林中的20000多照明球。水塔是放在草坪上的69个水瓶光柱。莲则是浮在大型湖面上的CD盘组成的莲叶。此外还有流淌在山坡上的蜿蜒光带，以及树屋中被镜子反射而变得更亮的光线。橘园温室的顶部吊着6个白色球状吊灯，每个有127小玻璃球组成。还有一个室内吊灯落下1600滴光雨，下方的水面映射着光雨，异常美丽。

恍如梦境，美不胜收。Bruce Munro具备想象力的创作以其美丽和智慧让访客用全新的方式体验着长木花园。

▼光林，FOREST OF LIGHT

Bruce Munro’s first one-man show
Touches hearts across 23 acres at Longwood Gardens USA

As night fell on Friday in the eastern states of the USA ‘Light: Installations by Bruce Munro at Longwood Gardens’ was unveiled to the US press. On Saturday visitors poured in to see the much-anticipated artworks, and they were not disappointed.

The heart-stopping 23-acre show marks the first time Munro installations have been seen outside the UK, and his debut large-scale one-man-show anywhere. It has been commissioned by Longwood to run from June 9th to September 29th this year.

Longwood Gardens has a special place in East-Coaster’s hearts and is one of the great display gardens of the world. Timed tickets to Munro’s exhibition there have been selling out weeks in advance and iPhone/iPad apps are now available on iTunes.

The historic gardens have antique glasshouses not dissimilar to those at Kew Gardens outside London, and they regularly feature world-class musical and arts events as well as educational programmes.

Munro’s ‘LIGHT’ consists of six large-scale outdoor installations, two installations within the 4-acre Grand Conservatory, and a small collection of illuminated sculptures in the Music Room. There are many new works by the Wiltshire-based Munro as well as never-before-seen views of Longwood at night.

“The unmatched beauty of Longwood Gardens inspired me in so many ways,” said Munro. “It’s been an exciting artistic challenge. I hope that guests will see in these works the beauty of melding light and landscape to become one.”

▼光林，FOREST OF LIGHT

The Installations:

FOREST OF LIGHT is a serene forest of 20,000 illuminated stems scattered along a forest walk. WATER-TOWERS is a monumental maze of 69 towers in the water meadow, which seem to move in a monumental glowing dance as they change colour in synchronisation with music. In WATERLILIES, Munro pays homage to Longwood’s iconic waterlily by floating platters of shimmering CDs onto the Large Lake. Nearby on the banks, the 7,000-stem FIELD OF LIGHT beckons visitors toward its enchanting glow. ARROW SPRING artfully mixes the horticultural splendour of Salvia plants and sparkling LEDs to create a meandering hillside stream. For ‘CANDLELIGHT’, in Longwood’s tree house, Munro has placed ceramic candles lit with xenon along the beams and angled mirrors to refract their glowing light.

Inside the Conservatory, the Orangery is hung with six SNOWBALLS suspended from the ceiling. Each chandelier is more than nine feet in diameter and encircles 127 glass balls. LIGHT SHOWER rains more than 1,600 drops of twinkling light over the flooded Fern Floor, creating a magical reflection that intensifies the luminous shower.

Finally, the Music Room features a collection of 6 smaller sculptures by Munro [Beach without Sand, Restless Fakir, Gnasher’s Big Raspberry, Boogie Woogie Tower, Rapunzel’s Towers and Mettabhavana].

▼光林，FOREST OF LIGHT

One of these small pieces – Mettabhavana – is a model for an extraordinary building. “I saw it in a dream. I couldn’t tell where the light was coming from, it seemed to shine through the walls,” said Bruce. A special website at Mettabhavana.com explores Munro’s passionate hopes of finding a patron to build this sculptural edifice. Surrounded by water channels and lit by candles, its sole use is for practicing the ‘Loving Kindness’ meditation.

Munro has made small contributions to group-shows in the USA in the past, including Contemplating The Void at New York’s iconic Guggenheim Museum, and a show of contemporary glass at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery.

To date, his best-known artworks are CD Sea at Long Knoll Field, and Field of Light at The Holburne Museum in Bath and the Eden Project in Cornwall. His work has also been much admired at the 12th century Salisbury Cathedral and at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

“Longwood Gardens is thrilled to host Bruce Munro’s first large-scale exhibition in the U.S.,” said Paul Redman, the Director. “His imaginative works will enchant and amaze our guests with their beauty and ingenuity, but also inspire them to see and experience gardens in a whole new way.” “What also appealed to us about Bruce’s work is its focus on low-energy output and his sensitivity to the landscape,” said Redman. “Bruce shares Longwood’s commitment to sustainable practices.”

▼光林，FOREST OF LIGHT

▼水塔，WATER-TOWERS

▼雪球，SNOWBALLS

▼雪球，SNOWBALLS

▼光瀑，LIGHT SHOWER

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