The installation is a metal representation of the multipanelled Ghent Alterpiece, original created by Hubert and Jan Van Eyck in the 15th Century, which was known as The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb. Reproduced with only the frame and without the folding panels, the work encourages spectators to glance through the windows into the cityscape.
This installation features two bells which are linked together by the mouths. The bell changes were kept to the minimal and it was positioned in a way that symbolised a kiss as well as an air of silence as nothing can escape the seal. Martin was inspired by small things that can make us see and understand the world around us.
The artwork shows to very tall, skinny cats, named Adam and Eve, as they pace back and forth. As a projection of our own fears and concerns, the cats have featureless facial expressions as well as a hand that obscures their face.
The artwork is a combination of a kayak, coffin and camera rig with the paddler in the back and the passenger in the front. The guest would lay out as if in a coffin and the journey represents a metaphorical journey to the Island of the dead. A camera on the bow record each passenger’s journey.
A rework on a 3D scan of a suit armour of Henry the VIII, it is a psychological take on power and how it can endure the test of time.
“The scene De Jong creates does not feel like an official history, but rather a hidden or unseen moment – an uncovered conspiracy from the past” – Sam Lackey, Hepworth Wakefield museum curator
Part of the “Rays” series created since 2011, the series is a tribute to Jesús Rafael Soto and Fred Sandback. The artwork plays on its surroundings, focussing on light, shadow and architecture.
7. ‘O my friends, there are no friends’ - Sigalit Landau - St Helen’s Square
Shoes made from a traditional material being bronze, challenges monumental sculptures and is done as a “commemoration of the future, when we will be able to slip into these shoes and be part of the community that will create a better history, with more solidarity, more generosity and regeneration”. The sculpture is built on a pedestal making it anti-monument, while the bronze shoe laces made with real laces brings in the softness and vulnerability.
Shoes made from a traditional material being bronze, challenges monumental sculptures and is done as a “commemoration of the future, when we will be able to slip into these shoes and be part of the community that will create a better history, with more solidarity, more generosity and regeneration”. The sculpture is built on a pedestal making it anti-monument, while the bronze shoe laces made with real laces brings in the softness and vulnerability.
8. Red Atlas - Ekkehard Altenburger - 30 St Mary Axe (Gherkin)
This artwork is park of the Atlas series, where it seeks to create balance between the physical to the architecture in the environment around us. It is held in place by the weight, where we can see the physicality of it against the urban space around it, making an observation between the object, architecture and ourselves.
This artwork is park of the Atlas series, where it seeks to create balance between the physical to the architecture in the environment around us. It is held in place by the weight, where we can see the physicality of it against the urban space around it, making an observation between the object, architecture and ourselves.
The artwork is a contemporary interpretation on Japanese woodcarving and is the first work that employs the use of bronze by Susuki. The work is a reflection of the diverse youth in London which the artist draws on from living life in London. Due to its scale, Suzuki was able to add a lot of details to them as well as encouraging viewers to draw in closer.
10. Organisms of Control #8 - Keita Miyazaki - Bury Court
Miyazaki created a utopian of a dystopian Japan following the tragedy of the Japan tsunami and earthquake in 2011. This artwork was created from the rubbles of the devastation as a way to symbolise new beginnings. Music plays as part of the installation, using original composition found in Japanese supermarkets as well as sounds from London and Tokyo and Tokyo’s transport system, bringing out the geographical connection between London and Tokyo.
11. Forever - Ai Weiwei - St May Axe
Forever was installed in September 2015 to coincide with Ai Weiwei exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts. The work features multiplications of stacked bikes as a statement of the mass-manufactured “Forever” brands of bikes that were produced in Shanghai in 1940, which are slowly disappearing left, right and centre, in favour of cars.
12. Charity - Damien Hirst - Undershaft
The 22 foot bronze sculpture is all too familiar with my partner who immediately recognised it as the Spastics Society (now known as Scope) charity collection girl, which were prominent in the 60’s and 70’s outside chemist shops. The installation depicts the virtue of charity as a vulnerable symbol in a single girl, as she is ransacked and vandalised with coins scattered around her feet and a crowbar behind her. This was featured in Hirst first solo exhibition in 2003 as part of Romance in the Age of Uncertainty exhibition in White Cube Hoxton Square.
13. Breakout II - Bruce Beasley - Undershaft - Hixcox
Breakout II includes cuboid forms as they overlap creating structures of natural crystal with an added layer of patinas. The installation was created with 3D-design software and then crafted into solid bronze. The work balances between precision engineering and organic form.
14. Broken Pillar #12 - Shan Hur - St Helen’s Bishopsgate Churchyard
The Broken Pillar #12 is part of a series of works developed over the last 5 years. Embedded is an object found on location, which aims to question the world around us and the objects hidden within it.
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Miyazaki created a utopian of a dystopian Japan following the tragedy of the Japan tsunami and earthquake in 2011. This artwork was created from the rubbles of the devastation as a way to symbolise new beginnings. Music plays as part of the installation, using original composition found in Japanese supermarkets as well as sounds from London and Tokyo and Tokyo’s transport system, bringing out the geographical connection between London and Tokyo.
Forever was installed in September 2015 to coincide with Ai Weiwei exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts. The work features multiplications of stacked bikes as a statement of the mass-manufactured “Forever” brands of bikes that were produced in Shanghai in 1940, which are slowly disappearing left, right and centre, in favour of cars.
The 22 foot bronze sculpture is all too familiar with my partner who immediately recognised it as the Spastics Society (now known as Scope) charity collection girl, which were prominent in the 60’s and 70’s outside chemist shops. The installation depicts the virtue of charity as a vulnerable symbol in a single girl, as she is ransacked and vandalised with coins scattered around her feet and a crowbar behind her. This was featured in Hirst first solo exhibition in 2003 as part of Romance in the Age of Uncertainty exhibition in White Cube Hoxton Square.
Breakout II includes cuboid forms as they overlap creating structures of natural crystal with an added layer of patinas. The installation was created with 3D-design software and then crafted into solid bronze. The work balances between precision engineering and organic form.
The Broken Pillar #12 is part of a series of works developed over the last 5 years. Embedded is an object found on location, which aims to question the world around us and the objects hidden within it.
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