An installation of colourful mirrored discs in a Chapel space with tall windows. The discs are displayed at different heights to cast reflections on the walls.

Liz West: Our Colour Reflection

– Chapel

About Liz West: Our Colour Reflection

YSP's historic Chapel was transform in a joyful display of colour and light by artist Liz West.

Our Colour Reflection is an immersive artwork by Liz West that combines vibrant colours and radiant light, creating a captivating sensory experience. Opened during Wakefield’s Our YearLight Up festival, the 18th-century Chapel was be filled with endorphin-boosting light during the darker winter months.

The artwork is made from hundreds of mirrored discs in a rainbow of colours that carpeted the Chapel’s main space. Set at different heights, they captured and emitted natural and artificial light, reflecting architectural details that might otherwise go unnoticed. Changing through each day, the reflections responded to the weather and light quality outside.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park has always been a part of my life in many different ways. Exhibiting at the Park feels like a pivotal moment and like I have come full circle.

- Liz West
  • An installation of colourful mirrored discs in a Chapel space with tall windows. The discs are displayed at different heights to cast reflections on the walls.
  • A woman holding up a yellow mirrored disc and looking at her reflection.
  • An installation of colourful mirrored discs, displayed at different heights to catch reflections.

Liz West went to school in Wakefield, and worked as a gallery invigilator at YSP during her holidays from art school. Her work draws on colour theory, the way we perceive and understand light, and how it affects us psychologically. She has drawn inspiration from artists such as Dan Flavin and Olafur Eliasson, as well as James Turrell, whose Deer Shelter Skyspace at YSP she has visited over many years.

Our Colour Reflection was supported by a Culture Grant from Wakefield Council and Our Year, a year-long project of creative activities across the Wakefield District. The artwork was originally commissioned by 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, North Lincolnshire in 2016 with support from Arts Council England.

  • A woman in a winter coat taking a photo of an installation of colourful mirrored discs
  • An adult and child using a mirrored disc to cast reflections on a wall in a gallery space, filled with a rainbow of coloured discs installed at floor level
  • Two women wearing hijab walking along a clear pathway between an installation of colourful mirrored discs.

Live from the artist's studio: Liz West in conversation

Liz West Products

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  1. Liz West: Pick & Mix

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  2. Liz West: Set of 5 Sprinkles Decorations

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  3. Liz West: Set of 9 Sprinkles Notecards

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