About
ROTATOR is Jakob Rowlinson’s first institutional project, presented as an installation in Yorkshire Sculpture Park‘s Visitor Centre. This new body of work weaves together complex material histories, explores the ecology of the Park’s landscape, and continues the artist’s interest in queering the archive. Throughout this body of work, Rowlinson weaves together ecological, folkloric and spiritual references.
Suspended above the Visitor Centre concourse, ROTATOR features three colourful and intricate leather sculptures. The sculptures are inspired by the native orange-tip and comma butterflies Rowlinson observed at YSP and Rowlinson aligns their transformative journeys of fluidity and metamorphosis with queer experience.
The patterns on the leather that look like butterfly markings were drawn using handmade oak-gall dyes foraged from trees within the Park. These markings reference Yorkshire’s historic importance in the leather tanning industry. Parts of the sculptures are made from reclaimed leather garments that carry stories of the bodies that wore them. Leather is also used to acknowledge the material’s long association with LGBTQIA+ subculture.
Venue opening hours
Monday : Closed
Tuesday : 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Wednesday : 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Thursday : 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Friday : 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday : 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sunday : 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Access facilities
- Accessible Car Parking
- Accessible Toilet
- Assistance Dogs Welcome
- Baby Changing Facilities
- Changing Places Facility
- Step Free Access
- Wheelchair Accessible
Venue Details
Find us at
West Bretton, Wakefield, WF4 4LG
Phone
01924832631
info@ysp.org.uk