Flybarry by Christina Sporrong
(Picture: Courtesy of Chatsworth)There is something magical about the laconic rolling hills of Derbyshire, where the glistening Derwent waters swell past the English Baroque magnificence that is Chatsworth. Come April 9, there will be another eight magnificent inhabitants in The Peaks, as the sculptures of Burning Man are welcomed into the landscape in a new free exhibition.
Visitors might be confused as to how the type of art that is shown annually in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert has taken up a summer residence in the landscapes made famous by painters Joseph Wright and Thomas Smith. However, just scrape the surface of the history of the Devonshire family, who have called Chatsworth home for generations, and it will reveal that this celebration of the most contemporary and avant-garde arts is nothing new.
