ART AT UPPER FARM — A LIVING GALLERY

Four Decades of Collecting. Hundreds of Works. A Glorious Disregard for Convention.

Some country estates collect antiques. Others collect history.

At Upper Farm, we collect the extraordinary.

Behind the gates of our 1847 English Country Estate lies a wonderfully unconventional world of art, design and imagination, where hundreds of artworks, original paintings, photography, limited editions, curious artefacts and sculptures fill the rooms, corridors, gardens and grounds.

A collection built over four decades, driven not by fashion, investment or the conventions of the art establishment, but by a fascination with creativity, originality, beauty, provocation and the wonderfully unexpected.

From the exuberant imagination of James Rizzi and the extraordinary wildlife photography of David Yarrow, to the provocative conceptual art of Mel Bochner, the

striking contemporary works of Malik Roberts and the extraordinary visual world of Liu Bolin.

Discover the creative brilliance of Mark Illuminati and Conrad Leach, the intricate artistry of Caroline Jane Harris, the playful sculptural universe of Hiro Ando, and the magnificent contemporary sculpture of David Harber.

Which is precisely why they do.

Some pieces are beautiful. Some are provocative. Others are wonderfully irreverent, occasionally outrageous and quite possibly not to everyone's taste.

And that's precisely how we like it.

Collected, discovered and brought together over forty years, the works reflect a lifelong fascination with art that challenges convention, sparks conversation and refuses to disappear politely into the background.

There are no velvet ropes or hushed galleries. Art hangs above the dinner table, watches over the bedrooms, surprises you around corners and emerges unexpectedly among the gardens and trees.

Every piece has a story. Some are fascinating, others deeply personal, and a few have rather more colourful tales to tell. Discover the artists, the stories, the unexpected finds and the wonderful creative obsession that has shaped Upper Farm.

Because at Upper Farm, you don't simply visit an art gallery.

You live amongst the art.

JAMES RIZZI (1950–2011)

ALONE WITH PEOPLE · 2006 Original Oil on Canvas

Brooklyn-born James Rizzi was a flamboyant American Pop Artist, celebrated for explosive colours, eccentric characters and gloriously chaotic visions of New York.

Part of the city's artistic and musical underground, Rizzi moved among its most fascinating creative personalities.

Alone with People (2006) is in the Upper Farm collect

LOUIS EDWARD LOVE V

MUSHROOM HEAD - 2008 Original Oil on Canvas

American contemporary artist Louis Edward Love V creates explosive, unconventional works combining street art, abstract expressionism and primitive mark-making.

Mushroom Head a striking collision vivid colour, exaggerated features, hypnotic eyes and cryptic symbols. Raw, provocative and wonderfully eccentric, embodies Love's distinctive

Louise Edwards Love V AKA Eddie Love Original oil on canvas Upper Farm Private Residence Hotel c

LOUIS EDWARD LOVE V

DON'T LET YOURSELF END UP TO BE THE ONE WHO GOT AWAY - 2017 Original Oil on Canvas

Eddie is a painter whose work combines graffiti, ancient symbolism, popular culture and explosive colour.

His distinctive style has attracted collectors including Jay-Z and Roc Nation.

Don't Let Yourself End Up to Be the One Who Got Away carries a provocative message: take chances, embrace life and

David Bailey x Damian Hurst portrait of Mick Jagger in a fur hood Upper Farm Private Residence Hotel

DAVID BAILEY × DAMIEN HIRST

MICK ON FUR — MICK JAGGER Original Artwork · Mixed Media

Two giants of British art meet rock 'n' roll royalty.

Legendary photographer David Bailey captured Mick Jagger in his iconic fur-hooded portrait of 1964, an image that helped define the rebellious spirit of Swinging London.

This striking interpretation is associated with Damien Hirst, Bailey's close friend and artisti

THOMAS GROMAS

WELCOME TO THE CIRCUS Original Contemporary Wall Sculpture

Belgian artist Thomas Gromas creates bold, three-dimensional typographic sculptures inspired by Pop Art, exploring language, desire and contemporary culture.

Welcome to the Circus couldn't be more at home at Upper Farm built by Sir Robert Fossett's Circus, elephants, performers and extraordinary characters roamed, the Estate ha

DAVID YARROW

CHATEAU MARMONT · 2019 Limited Edition Fine Art Photography · Edition 12/12

Scottish photographer David Yarrow is renowned for cinematic images blending wildlife, celebrity and provocation.

Chateau Marmont (2019) captures Brazilian supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio with wolves on Sunset Boulevard.

Outside Hollywood's legendary hotel, Yarrow stages a scene of glamour, danger and theatrical e

DAVID YARROW

ROAD TRIP · 2018 Limited Edition Fine Art Photography Edition 5/12

David Yarrow brings Hollywood cinema to the American wilderness.

Monument Valley, Utah, Road Trip model Josie Canseco behind the wheel of a classic convertible, accompanied by a wolf.

Inspired by the cult film Thelma & Louise, Yarrow secured a road closure to capture this extraordinary scene in the early morning light.

Holl

DAVID YARROW

COYOTE UGLY · 2019 Limited Edition Fine Art Photography · Edition 9/12

Photographer David Yarrow brings his trademark cinematic drama to the American Wild West.

Photographed outside neon-lit saloon in Big Timber, Montana, Coyote Ugly features model Josie Canseco alongside a wolf.

Shot at 5am temperatures of minus 20°C, Yarrow imagined the unlikely couple emerging from the bar after a even

PAKPOOM SILAPHAN

PICASSO ON COKE · 2013 Original Mixed Media · Vintage Coca-Cola Crate

Thai Pakpoom Silaphan transforms advertising into provocative art colliding cultural icons with consumerism, celebrity, contemporary excess.

Picasso on Coke a deliciously subversive play on artistic genius, intoxication and the relationship with creativity.

Genius, temptation and a rather suggestive white line betwe

ART AT UPPER FARM — A LIVING GALLERY

JAMES RIZZI (1950–2011)

LOUIS EDWARD LOVE V

LOUIS EDWARD LOVE V

DAVID BAILEY × DAMIEN HIRST

THOMAS GROMAS

DAVID YARROW

DAVID YARROW

DAVID YARROW

PAKPOOM SILAPHAN

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