Art

Roth Bar & Grill is situated at Hauser & Wirth Somerset, a pioneering world-class art gallery. Roth Bar & Grill plays an integral part in the Hauser & Wirth Somerset experience combining seasonal food with contemporary art.

ROTH BAR

The restaurant, designed by the project’s architect, Luis Laplace, has at its core a site-specific bar created by long-term friends and artists, Björn and Oddur Roth, the son and grandson of artist Dieter Roth. The specially commissioned bar is a tribute to Björn’s late father and is comprised of scavenged materials – a central motif throughout Dieter Roth’s work. Inspired by the history of Durslade Farm, Björn and Oddur Roth used a mix of agricultural and found objects on site and areas surrounding Bruton.

DINING ROOM

The dining room is adorned with an intimate and highly personal salon style hang of works based on the intertwining theme of food, cooking, animals and the countryside, incorporating Hauser & Wirth’s family of artists alongside works from the private collection of Iwan and Manuela Wirth. The outdoor terrace and surrounding grounds at Durslade Farm feature changing sculptures all year round for you to enjoy alongside your culinary experience.

HAUSER & WIRTH SOMERSET

Hauser & Wirth Somerset is a pioneering world-class gallery and multipurpose arts centre. It is home to a vibrant programme of contemporary art exhibitions, outdoor sculpture, eventsand learning activities. The gallery is free to attend, with all donations distributed between local charitable partners.

Centred around a core belief in conservation, learning and sustainability, Hauser & Wirth Somerset offers a wide variety of workshops, talks and screenings, alongside learning resources and unique partnerships with local schools, universities and institutions. The gallery supports an immersive artist-in-residence programme, encouraging international artists to draw inspiration from the surrounding rural landscape and local community.

Since opening in 2014, Hauser & Wirth Somerset has welcomed over 1 million visitors and led the way for further art centres in Menorca and Los Angeles.

Image: Installation view, ‘Thomas J Price. Thoughts Unseen’, Hauser & Wirth Somerset, 2021. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Ken Adlard

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OUDOLF FIELD

Internationally-renowned landscape designer, Piet Oudolf, has designed the landscaping scheme for the entire site, including Oudolf Field – a large perennial meadow that provides a seamless journey between Durslade Farm and the rural Somerset landscape beyond. Oudolf created a garden that is timeless throughout the changing seasons, providing a sanctuary for visitors to slow down and savour moments within nature at their own pace. At the top of Oudolf Field sits the Radić Pavilion, designed by Chilean architect Smiljan Radić, unveiled at the Serpentine Gallery, London in 2014.

EXHIBITIONS

From Saturday 28th January Hauser & Wirth Somerset opens two new exhibitions, ‘The New Bend’ and ‘Rodney Graham. Getting it Together in the Country’.

Curated by Legacy Russell, ‘The New Bend’ brings together 12 contemporary artists working in the raced, classed and gendered traditions of quilting and textile practice. ⁠

In dialogue with our rural setting, ‘Rodney Graham. Getting it Together in the Country’ focuses on the artist’s late body of work, ‘The Four Seasons’, a lightbox series created between 2011 and 2013. ⁠

Image Credit: Sojourner Truth Parsons, Walking alone II (detail), 2022 © Sojourner Truth Parsons. Courtesy the Artist and Foxy Production. Photo: Thomas Barratt

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