EAF in the City

David Batchelor at the Palm House

The Palm House at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Inverleith Row.
Tue 8 August – Sun 3 September
10 am – 6.30pm Daily. Free.

The Edinburgh Art Festival presents David Batchelor’s Candela 7/450 (For the Death Star) among the plants in the Palm House at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. British artist David Batchelor is known for work which finds colour in the everyday environment, and this light sculpture suspends 450 light bulbs inside 450 plastic cleaning fluid bottles to make a spectacular 6 metre long chandelier. The work was originally commissioned by Bloomberg LP earlier this year as part of an exhibition celebrating light at Bloomberg SPACE in London. David Batchelor’s work can also be seen at The Old Royal High School and the Ingleby Gallery during the festival.

Talk Tues 29 August 2.30pm

Free. Booking recommended Tel: 0131 248 2849
Lecture Theatre, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row
(access via Inverleith Row only, not via Garden).

Pat Fisher, Curator of Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh will discuss David Batchelor’s current installation and David Mitchell, horticulturalist and curator of the Glasshouses, will chart the history of art projects at the Glasshouses. It will be followed by a walk through to the Palm House to look at Candela 7/450 (For the Death Star).

Talbot Rice Gallery will be exhibiting new work by David Batchelor at EAF 2007.

EAF in the City supported by

EAF in the City Media Partner