Pieces on site
Walking around Eden is a journey through a landscape rich with not only plants but also beautiful artwork of all types.
by Heather Jansch
Art at Eden is part of a greater message about the relationship between plants and people as much as it is about beautiful, provocative pieces in their own right.
We work with a huge range of artists working in many different media. Cornwall has a vibrant contemporary arts scene, and many of the artists working with us are locally-based, although most exhibit nationally and internationally.
by Angus Watt
As you enter Eden through the Visitor Centre, you will pass Heather Jansch's beautiful Driftwood Horse. Made from driftwood and cork, the Horse is a lesson in reuse and rejuvenation.
Leaving the Visitor Centre and coming face-to-face with the covered Biomes for the first time, you'll be struck by Angus Watt's awe-inspiring flags dotted around the landscape. Inspired by plant forms and the unending Darwinian battle of the natural world, they are both eye-catching and thought-provoking.
by Robert Bradford
Sat in front of the Link Building that sits between the two covered Biomes is Robert Bradford's Bee. A perenial favourite with Eden's visitors, the Bee tells the story of pollinators and how we rely on these unsung heroes of the natural world to propogate the plants that keep us alive.
Nestled amongst the vinyards of the Warm Temperate Biome are the savage, provocative figures of Tim Shaw's The Rights of Dionysus. Always one of the most controversial instalations at Eden, Shaw's work tells the story of Dionysus, Greek God of the vines: the personification of nature in its wild, untamed state.
by Tim Shaw
In the wilds of the West African zone of the Humid Tropics Biome, you'll find El Anatsui's Totems. Taking the broad spectrum of indigenous African cultures as an extended canvas, his central themes concern the erosion of these inherited traditions by powerful external forces and the manner of their survival and transmission into the present.
