Besides chocolates, oatcakes, marmite, and a cold, I brought back a bunch of pictures of Rachael Whiteread's installation, 'Embankment' at the Tate Modern. The latest in the hugely successful Unilever series in the Turbine hall . I wanted to see the work since I usually enjoy Whiteread's work, but I wasn't expecting much because of the pictures I had seen of the work, but like most installation works, the pictures can never do it justice.
I was quite pleasantly wowed with the work. As I say, pictures cannot do it justice (but I am including a lot in here anyway). It is the act of walking through the work that is powerful. With all of these white boxes and their detail (you can see the corrugating) stacked and piled, I had a sense of incredible emptiness...
Also got a kick out of the sign at the entrance to the installation, instead of 'do not touch" we go with the threat of bodily harm...
I will also try to post more when the cold in my head lets me think a little more clearly.
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did you look at danielle dimstons mushroom from underneath? they were not just pieces of cardboard stuck on the columns. On the underside of each mushroom was a detailed drawing. She made an interesting point by obscuring the intricate drawings and by making the viewers look for the beauty.
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