Art at Alnoba
Where Art and Nature Converge
Alnoba was created as a sanctuary where people can come to experience art in the beauty of nature, to reflect and connect.
Brett Murray – Gorilla
Anthropomorphic animals like this exaggeratedly rotund and massive Gorilla are central to Brett Murray’s work.
Florian Wozniak – Hard Drive
In Hard Drive, Wozniak achieves the delicate balance between playfulness and elegance, a tension he strives for in his work.
Guy de Toit – Boxing Hare
There is an element of irreverence in all of Guy Du Toit’s work, whether he is casting everyday objects like plastic cups or skulls, or sculpting his quirky, rambunctious hares.
Lionel Smit – Colossal Fragment
In his expressive sculptures, Lionel Smit focuses on the residents of Cape Town, South Africa, creating portraits both representational and abstract.
Shany van den Berg – Die Kop
Shany van den Berg’s artwork is deeply tied to her autobiographical experience as a woman, mother and artist. Renowned for her technical acumen, subtle symbolism and agility to depict figuration and abstraction, she utilizes layers throughout her work.
Calvin Hunt –
Through symbolic crests and figures, the pole tells the story of the Kwakwaka’wakw ancestors.
Calvin Hunt and John Livingston – Totem Pole
Calvin Hunt works within the traditional Northwest Coast Kwagu’l style of totem pole making.
Menashe Kadishman – Horse
Throughout his long career, Kadishman has produced a wide range of sculptures, earthworks, performances and paintings informed by the long history of his country, Israel and inspired by his belief that “art grows from feelings and not rational calculations alone.”
Deb Todd Wheeler – Shelter Walking Path
For the shelter project at Alnoba, Wheeler drew from her experience at an artist residency program she attended in the wilderness of Northern Iceland.
Allan Houser – Prayer
Allan’s family’s story tells a painful chapter in our country’s history and his work honors his people’s strength and remarkable endurance.
Joseph Wheelwright – Smokejumper
On the field across from Nuria and Irma is the attenuated bronze called Smokejumper by Joseph Wheelwright. Wheelwright explained, “I start by looking for trees with bifurcated trunks.
Andy Goldsworthy – Boulder House
At one time, the woodland in which Boulder House is now situated was cleared to make way for pasture.