Home front, and home back: Michael Landy's installation brings pebble dash suburbia to Tate Britain.The Turbine Hall The Turbine hall or 'turbine building is a building that is a part of any steam cycle power plant which houses a number of components vital to the generation of electricity from the steam that comes from the boiler. at Tate Modern The Tate Modern in London is Britain's national museum of international modern art and is, with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, Tate St Ives, and Tate Online[1], part of the group now known simply as Tate. (pp82-87) is not the only place in London to see dramatic scale-shifting installations. It seems to have an element of healthy sibling rivalry sibling rivalry Psychology The intense, emotional competition among siblings–brothers and/or sisters that pits one against the other to obtain parental affection, approval, attention, and love. See Cain complex. Cf Oy child, Sibling relational problem. with its elder sister--Tate Britain's Duveen Gallery. Both contend in their own way with being part gallery and part thoroughfare. As part of an ongoing series of biennial sculpture commissions, this latest installation by Michael Landy Michael Landy (born 1963) is an English artist, one of the so-called Young British Artists (YBAs). He is best known for the performance piece-cum-installation, Breakdown (2001), in which he destroyed all of his possessions. Landy was born in London. builds on a long tradition of exhibitions including memorable installations by Richard Long Richard Long may be:
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Semi-detached is Landy's first major project since Breakdown 2001, his most celebrated work to date, in which he systematically destroyed all of his possessions in a central London department store. The full-scale replica (built by Mike Smith) of Landy's parents' home, meticulously recreates every detail, including flaking paint, loose wiring, and the undressed brickwork of the usually hidden party wall. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Split along its ridge-line, the two halves of house are then pulled apart to face each other across the Duveen's erossing, revealing video projections that screen images from his life, Semi-detached runs from 18 May until 12 December. |
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