Special Commissions

Working in his distinctive ‘Cubistoid’ style, Argentinian artist Guillermo Kuitca has created a dramatic mural that envelopes the Clunie Dining Room, transforming the space into a theatrical ‘stage’. Painting the mural was a physical process inspired by choreographer Pina Bausch’s mantra, ‘in dance, walking is enough.’ Pacing the length of the room, Kuitca would tilt his abstractions to the rhythm of his footsteps. In this way the mural evokes figuration, although nothing recognisably ‘human’ is visible. The forms and colours Kuitca selected for his immersive painting were heavily inspired by the ebb and flow of the Clunie River, directly outside the dining room, and the patchwork of colours and line of the surrounding hills and village rooftops. As the light changes throughout the day, one can imagine the river’s coursing waters, the forms of the rocks beneath the surface and the colours of the Highland landscape.

Richard Jackson is a Los Angeles based artist. ‘Red Deer Chandelier’ is composed of machine milled enlarged replicas of bag pipe drones and glass antlers. The glass antlers’ form is based on the antler of red deer Each piece was made by hand – blowing, pulling and rolling the glass to produce uniquely coloured, textured form. Typical of Jackson, the chandelier is a visceral and humorous interrogation of a classic light, normally associated with stately homes where the fixture drips with crystals in elaborate, florid designs. Instead Jackson has combined the heroic and the slapstick, the traditional and contemporary with systematic procedure.