BELSAY Hall Castle and Gardens is once again playing host to an exhibition of contemporary art this summer.

“Outside In”, an art installation inspired by the landscape, is now on show and will run through the summer.

The exhibition inside the hall features the work of artists like Andy Goldsworthy OBE and Halima Cassell, who have used the landscape to create their unique work.

Andy Goldsworthy is a sculptor, photographer and environmentalist producing site-specific sculpture and land art in both natural and urban settings.

Hamila Cassell uses clay which has been gathered from across the globe which presents an exciting diversity of textures and colours.

Her pieces have been hand-carved in a soft, curvilinear style with holes allowing light to form links from one carving to the next.

Cassell said: “The piece I’m exhibiting at Belsay is my reflection on the shared commonality of the human race; we are superficially different and yet fundamentally the same.

“The different clays were gathered from landscapes around the world; the rich diversity of texture and hue reflects the geology and climates of their places of origin.”

Matt Thompson, head collections curator at English Heritage, said: “The hall at Belsay is a blank canvas and a perfect showcase for an installation such as this one.

“By bringing the outside into the beautiful atmosphere of Belsay Hall we have the opportunity to look at the landscape in a different way.”

“Outside In” features works loaned to English Heritage from the Arts Council Collection at London’s South Bank Centre.

Go to www.english-heritage.org.uk/belsay for more information.