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ART MEETS ARCHITECTURE
Ten artists from around the world have Carpinteros (Cuba); Gelitin (Austria);
transformed the entire Hayward Gallery Mike Nelson (UK); Ernesto Neto (Brazil);
on London’s South Bank in ‘Psycho Tobias Putrih (Slovenia); Tomas Saraceno
Buildings’, which is now in its final month. (Argentina); Do Ho Suh (Korea); and
Above: Do Ho Suh Right: Los Carpinteros
Staircase – V, 2003/04/08 Show Room, 2008
The Hayward’s huge spaces have been Rachel Whiteread (UK).
Polyester and stainless steel tubes Cinder blocks, fishing nylon, Ikea
filled with artist-designed architectural Borrowing its title from a book by the
and B&Q furniture
Courtesy: the artist and Lehmann
environments, which spill onto the three artist Martin Kippenberger, the exhibition
Maupin Gallery, New York Courtesy: Sean Kelly Gallery,
outdoor sculpture terraces, radically brings together the work of artists
New York
altering the interior and exterior of the who create habitat-like structures and
gallery. Inside, a village made from over architectural spaces that are mental and
Below: Rachel Whiteread 200 dolls’ houses and a room frozen in a perceptual spaces as much as physical
Place (Village), 2006–08
moment of explosive disaster are amongst ones. The exhibition invites visitors to
Mixed media: doll’s houses, crates,
boxes, wood, electrical fittings and
the installations that are both fascinating immerse themselves in a series of eleven
fixtures, electricity and somewhat disconcerting all at the atmospheric, enthralling and unsettling
Courtesy: Rachel Whiteread
same time. installations. Combining architectural
Outside on the Gallery’s sculpture and artistic design with the use of light,
terraces, installations including a colour and smell to trigger responses,
boating lake, a transparent dome and a these dynamic constructions are designed
working cinema have altered the exterior to actively encourage viewers to become
face of the Hayward. Visible from the adventurous participants. The scale of the
surrounding area and across the Thames exhibition required the artists to spend
and illuminated by night, they add a weeks working in the gallery in order to
significant public dimension to the realise their installations.
exhibition. ‘Psycho Buildings’ runs until 25 August. Stephen White
The ten artists are: Atelier Bow-Wow Hayward Gallery: +44 (0)871 663 2519
(Japan); Michael Beutler (Germany); Los
www.southbankcentre.co.uk/visual-arts
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