Artist Henry Bruce 'lost' Dartmoor Chair in game of Poker...!

Henry Bruce, creator of the Giant’s Chair, talks about his recent work and life on Dartmoor with Harriet Mellor in the latest edition of Devon Life.

The artical coincides with the opening on 22/07 of Art on the English Riviera where you can see Henry's latest piece of Land Art - Horizon Cube -which he talks about in the article.

The exhibition at Cockington Court also includes Hazel Cloud by Mike Fletcher and an exhibition of West Country Cermaic Greats including work(s) by the grandfather of West Country studio pottery Bernard Leach.

PLUS the 25 working /demonstration craft/artist studios.

Devon Life article......

The ‘Giant’s Chair’ was a sculpture that did what it said on the packet. A towering 20ft seat, hand-crafted by Henry Bruce from local green oak, was erected in 2006 and spent four years on a hillside on the artist’s own land, an intriguing addition to the Dartmoor landscape. But fame – and lack of planning permission – was its demise. The Dartmoor National Park Authority feared hoards of hiking art-lovers and curious ramblers were clogging up the paths and single track roads. Despite a public campaign to keep the chair up, the officials brought it down. The massive monument is now under new ownership, although not to an art dealer but, as Henry reveals, to a hand of cards.
“After several rounds of poker late into the night, the chair had found a new home… in Dorset.”
He is rather coy about the transaction, but stresses the chair was relinquished in mutual good faith not as a gambling debt.

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http://devon.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/beyond-the-chair-34169