“We’re thrilled to be embarking on our second Trust New Art project at Blickling, which is the National Trust’s programme of contemporary arts, inspired by the places we look after. We can’t wait to see what Neville and Joan have in store for us.
Artists Neville and Joan have been regular visitors to Blickling Estate over the past few months. Standing in the Long Gallery Library, surrounded by over 12,500 books on almost every subject, there were plenty of books to draw inspiration from.
Neville Gabie, who was artist-in-residence at the 2012 Olympic Games, shared his excitement for the new Trust New Art project; “The range of books in Blickling Library, mostly published during the age of enlightenment, give a unique insight into a time when new discoveries about our world, its natural history, language, people, the heavens and oceans, political and religious ideas, were literally burgeoning.”