Airthrey Column
- Artist:
- Type: Sculpture
- Medium: Inscribed sandstone column
- Production Date: 2024
- Description: 'There are many vestiges and ruins on the land at Airthrey - there is a Hermitage, a Summer House, a Filter House and an Icehouse, to name a few. There are extensive pathways throughout the estate and miles of stone walls which are openings and closings - thresholds into old, new, and other worlds. Many of these were constructed in the late 18th Century by the then owner, Robert Haldane. But Airthrey was on the map before that, as Ethra in the late 1600s, and the earliest reference - Ethereari - from the 12th Century. This gives us a sense of something before now, and connects us to a deeper time and space in just knowing and whispering these names.
One day last year, I discovered fragments of old sandstone gate piers and columns hidden away in a maintenance yard. These may have belonged to the ghostly East Lodge which still exists, or perhaps to the demolished West Lodge. I recovered them, with help, and brought them back out into the open. This piece has now been inscribed with the name 'Airthrey' and has become a site-specific artwork'.
Audrey Grant
This work was completed in collaboration with Cameron Wallace. - Dimensions: 33cm high, 46cm wide, 41cm deep.
- Digital Copy:A digital copy exists.
- Location: Pathfoot Gallery 4
- Accession Number: 2024.6
- Contact: University of Stirling Art Collection
