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Ximena Garrido-Lecca

Public Commission

— ,Sculpture Court
images of plants embedded in metallic industrial infrastructure, situated within a gallery space

The Peruvian artist will transform the Sculpture Court with a large-scale installation exploring the idea of 'the plant' – both as a botanical organism and as an industrial processing system.

Ximena Garrido-Lecca's work is informed by artisanal craft traditions, ancestral agricultural rituals, industrial technologies and diverse languages to question inherited histories and hierarchies of knowledge. 

Inspired by ancient permaculture practices while responding to our brutalist architecture, her site-specific commission will combine plants and industrial machinery to reflect on the impact of the extraction of natural resources.

This commission will follow Delcy Morelos' origo, which marked the return of artwork to our Sculpture Court for the first time in 10 years.

Tagged with: Art & design

We would like to thank our Commissioning Partner, the Bukhman Foundation, for their leading support.

Major Support from the Cheng-Lan Foundation, and additional support from the Erica Roberts Art Foundation and the Barbican Commissioning Council.

Founding members of the Commissioning Council include: Anastasia Bukhman/Bukhman Foundation, Stephanie Camu, Aarti Lohia/SP Lohia Foundation, Mark and Dana Strong, Tia Collection and Brian Yue & Claire Bi/Cheng-Lan Foundation.

Our public commissioning programme is generously funded by the Cheng-Lan Foundation's Common Ground initiative as part of a multi-year partnership. 

Commissioning Partner
The Bukhman Foundation logo - a black line graphic resembling a flower on the left, and Bukhman Foundation written on the right.
Major Supporter
The Cheng-Lan Foundation logo

Sculpture Court

Location
The Sculpture Court is an outside space in the Barbican Estate and is accessible from Level 3, if coming from inside the Barbican building, or via the highwalks and Frobisher Crescent from outside. 

Address
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS

Public transport
The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, train and by foot or bicycle. Plan your journey and find more route information in ‘Your Visit’ or book your car parking space in advance.