Leilah Babirye: Obumu showcases the work of the Uganda-born, New York-based artist with a selection of seven stunning larger-than-life-size figures in wood and five vividly coloured ceramic pieces. Standing in the chapel with them feels, appropriately, like being part of a celebratory gathering – the title ‘unity’ is certainly apt and community is a key element of the thinking behind Babirye’s work.
The wooden sculptures in the exhibition are made out of wood from a 200-year-old beech tree at the Park. “That was such a happy coincidence,” says Coulson. “Leilah and I drove around the site with the technical team. We turned a corner and there was this pile of cut beech wood from a tree that had become unsafe and had to be taken down. The wood was due to be collected and taken away to be used in other ways, so the next day it might not have been there.
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