TRESPASSERS at Lovebrook Farm, Lewes

The TRESPASSERS sculpture trail is a bold visual commentary on the historical marginalisation of common land and the perceived authority of ‘private property’ in the UK. Intended as a touring project, the show has premiered at Lovebrook Farm near Lewes.  Nicholson conceived and curated the exhibition where her works and those of two other women sculptors were exhibited in the old dairy building, the chicken shed, and in the fields and open spaces. The sculpture trail led audiences in and out of the farm buildings, around the site and up to the standing stone at its uppermost point.  Inspired by literature such as The Book of Trespass by Nick Hayes and The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible by Charles Eisenstein, the artists recently explored similar themes in an urban setting (Strange Environments at The Tate Institute, London). At Lovebrook Farm, the pieces ranged from small stones encased in ergonomic, tactile metal cages to totemic large-scale pieces and re-imagined farming artefacts , both free-standing and wall-based.