saatchi gallery 2003-2005county hall, south bank
Tim Noble & Sue Webster
Lets reflect back on the years past & get into the christmas spirit with "Sacrificial Heart", a giant bleeding heart studded with flashing colored lights and a dagger that goes through it. The ultimate Christian icon adapted by rockers and bikers worldwide in the form of a tattoo....one of my favorites from the old county hall Saatchi Gallery. Love, pain, romance and hate-the piece fuses high art with kitch and reminds us that we are all playful yet tremendously fragile. It's pulsating lights a delightful preview of what's to come, the perfect piece for the entrance of the gallery.
Richard Wilson-Saatchi Gallery Southbank
The other piece that I took with me was 20:50. The experience starts in the old victorian hallway, while you anxiously wait for your turn for the mysterious room. what is that toxic smell in the air? is it safe? Richard Wilson fills the an entire room waist-high in recycled engine oil (from which the piece takes its name). A walkway leads viewer into the space as they find themselves surrounded by oil on all sides. Amazing...a disturbing but fascinating optical illusion created by the dark reflective surface. The viewer cannot distinguish what is the ceiling & what is the floor, what is up & what is down.
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