Winkworth Arboretum last stop for sculpture

View unique sculpture Last Night For Ever until March 17th

Sculpture Last Night For Ever has arrived at Winkworth on the final stop of its tour of three National Trust properties which also included Leith Hill Place and Nymans.   

Originally exhibited at The Garden Museum, London in 2009, the sculpture by Andrea Gregson makes connections between garden histories past and present, merging the visual trickery of the grotto first created in Renaissance Italy, with found objects and visual motifs from this location over time.  

Whilst the outside of the sculpture remains the same, bespoke new interiors have been made for each venue, to highlight the garden and building histories, geology and surrounding landscape. Looking into the interior of the meandering sculpture, is a diorama of natural and manufactured forms. As visitors walk around the sculpture, they can adjust the roof panels to illuminate the interior and peer through different viewpoints. 

At Winkworth Arboretum, the work responds to its location in the Boathouse next to the lake, Rowe’s Flashe, with a focus on water as a life-giving force for all species in the arboretum. In between the two ends of the sculpture, visitors can see a stone arch framing the entrance of regenerative shell grotto, and a fertile cave with fungi.  

With the ongoing advancement of urbanisation, Last Night For Ever, reminds us of the importance of nature and our fragile ecologies.  

The exhibition has been funded by University for the Creative Arts Research Funding and the National Trust. 

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