David Nash: Full Circle

The 2022 exhibition, David Nash: Full Circle, marked the artist's long association with Yorkshire Sculpture Park that began over forty years ago. Nash had a residency at YSP in the early 1980s. In a related letter, he wrote that: “environment and ecology are a first consideration for me as an artist”. His work is more relevant than ever before as we try to address the climate crisis.

Something that Nash has learned about trees, and a valuable lesson, is that “trees take just enough and give back more”. Drawing is as central and constant in Nash’s practice as the subject of trees it grows from. It is a way of understanding, of giving shape to ideas, recording and responding to forms from life. Much of the work in the Weston Gallery has not been shown before, including drawings dedicated to trees. These are presented alongside instensely-coloured abstract works that capture the essence of their life force. In the space they benefit from natural light and resonate with the far-reaching views.

This catalogue was produced to coincide with the exhibition in 2022.