The sculpture by the London-born artist is a key aspect of Jupiter Artland’s autumn and winter exhibition.
Turner Prize artist’s glass coffin stuns outside Edinburgh
A mysterious blue figure sleeps inside the coffin. (Image: Neil Hanna)
Evocative of the sleeping princess motif found in many fairytales, The Spell’s dreamer “sleeps through the warning of present and imminent catastrophes, political and social disaster and environmental collapse – but also dreams of resistance and renewal.”
The work is described as “as a multi-faceted work inviting audiences to collectively dream of new horizons”.
Shani, who won the Turner Prize in 2019, has displayed her work, which focuses on the recovery of ‘feminised aesthetics’, at galleries across the world.
Speaking to The Observer in August, Shani described where the inspiration behind The Spell came from.
She said: “There’s this giant blue character – either under a spell or in some kind of somnambulist hallucination.
“I was interested in dreaming, which has very strong connections with surrealist thinking and the way they thought about the unconscious in our daily lives.
“Dreaming is limitless in its possibilities and is often the first step in transcending a political horizon.”
The award-winning Jupiter Artland, contemporary sculpture park, located ten miles outside Edinburgh on the grounds of a 19th century country manor.
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Consisting of 100 acres of meadow and woodland, as well as five indoor gallery spaces, the Artland currently houses 35 permanent sculptures from some of the world’s top artists.
Works by Florence Peake and Georg Wilson will also feature at the Artlands this winter, which will be accompanied by a range of interactive activities.
Tickets begin at £7.50 for children, students and blue badge holders; and cost £10.80 for pensioners and £11.80 for adults.