Exhibition
Sea State
11 Jun-7 Dec 2025
Wolterton
Norfolk NR11 7LY
Maggi Hambling, Summer wave breaking II, oil on canvas, 2025
Overview
An exhibition by Maggi Hambling and Ro Robertson
Wolterton's inaugural exhibition, ‘Sea State’, features new work by Maggi Hambling and Ro Robertson and is co-curated by Simon Oldfield and Gemma Rolls-Bentley.
Responding to humanity’s enduring, complex, and increasingly precarious relationship with the ocean, this is the first time that both artists will exhibit together and focus on a shared longstanding, deeply personal connection to the coast.
Presenting in the unique architectural setting of Wolterton, both artists respond to the sea not only as a subject, but as a force – a place of emotional power, personal history, and poetic metaphor. Taking over the Marble Hall and Portrait Room ‘Sea State’ is entirely site-specific and has involved both artists working closely with Wolterton to re-energise the historic house and grounds with new contemporary art.
Both artists are drawn to the sea’s changeable nature—at once unpredictable and overpowering, yet also a place of reflection and transformation. The exhibition invites audiences to consider our intrinsic relationship to the sea, create space for reflection and reminds us not only of our relative insignificance within the vastness of the natural world, but also of our responsibility toward it.