Forces of Nature: our theme for 2021

The theme for this year’s Glyndebourne competition was ‘Forces of Nature’. We were looking for artworks that celebrate, represent and question our insoluble relationship to nature, either taking opera as the inspiration or interpreting the theme through ideas of cultivated gardens and celebrated landscape views or wild, complicated natural phenomena and threatened environments.

VISUAL ARTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART OF GLYNDEBOURNE, ON AND OFF THE STAGE, AND THE ANNUAL TOUR ART COMPETITION, WHICH HAS BEEN RUNNING SINCE 2013, OFFERS A PLATFORM FOR NEW ARTISTS TO RAISE THEIR PROFILE. 2021’S TOUR ART COMPETITION CHALLENGES NEW ARTISTS TO SUBMIT AN ARTWORK BASED ON THE THEME OF ‘FORCES OF NATURE’.

SHORTLISTED ENTRY

The Year Bins Went Out More Than Humans by Joanna Myles

ONLINE EXHIBITION

Tour Art Competition 2021

2021’s Tour Art Competition challenged new artists to submit an artwork based on the theme of 'Forces of Nature’

https://www.glyndebourne.com/about-us/art-at-glyndebourne/online-exhibition-tour-art-competition-2021/

Glyndebourne curator Nerissa Taysom said of this year’s entries: ‘This year we have received an extraordinary response to the Tour Art Competition, with entries from 18 different countries. The standard has been exceptionally high and we’ve seen a diverse range of techniques, from painting and printmaking to sculpture, photography and digital art. The Tour Art Competition continues to uncover new and emerging talent and we are excited to be showcasing global perspectives on the theme of nature.

For prices or to enquire about any of the works in this exhibition please contact our curator Nerissa Taysom – nerissa.taysom@glyndebourne.com