LONDON - Last year it was a runner sprinting the length of the neo-Classical Duveen Galleries every minute at London's Tate Britain museum.This year's Duveens Commission, by Irish-born artist Eva Rothschild, takes the form of a giant, 80-metre (263 ft) long tangle of black metal triangles which move across the gallery floor and soars above its stone columns.Likened variously to a giant spider, bolt of lightning and angular scribble, viewers can walk around, through and under the 26 towering triangles, which barely touch the floor and are connected to each other with minimal contact."I wanted to produce something elevated and open that would not block the space, but would offer an alternative experience of these stately galleries," Rothschild said of her biggest work to date, called "Cold Corners"."Cold Corners" will be open to the public for free from June 30 to Nov.2
LONDON - Last year it was a runner sprinting the length of the neo-Classical Duveen Galleries every minute at London's Tate Britain museum.
This year's Duveens Commission, by Irish-born artist Eva Rothschild, takes the form of a giant, 80-metre (263 ft) long tangle of black metal triangles which move across the gallery floor and soars above its stone columns.
Likened variously to a giant spider, bolt of lightning and angular scribble, viewers can walk around, through and under the 26 towering triangles, which barely touch the floor and are connected to each other with minimal contact.
"I wanted to produce something elevated and open that would not block the space, but would offer an alternative experience of these stately galleries," Rothschild said of her biggest work to date, called "Cold Corners".
"Cold Corners" will be open to the public for free from June 30 to Nov.2