“How It Is” at the Tate Modern
Yesterday, the Tate Modern in London opened the newest addition to their renown Unilever Series. It is not very often that I would want or need to leave New York City to visit a notable installation or exhibition, but this particular instance is very tempting. If “How It Is” is anything like its predecessors, it will be quite an experience.”How It
From Artdaily.org:
Polish artist Miroslaw Balka has constructed a huge steel container, held aloft on two-meter high supports, which is open at the far end of the space as visitors enter.
They can walk up a ramp into the pitch black space, measuring 13 meters high, 10 meters wide and 30 meters long.
Entitled “How It Is,” the sculpture is designed to convey a sense of unease as the visitor walks into the container as if completely blind. The sculpture is on show from October 13 to April 5, 2010. “You can shape this yourself,” Balka said of the commission. “The shape you create is not just about your body, it’s about your mind.”
The title of the installation takes its inspiration from Samuel Beckett’s novel “How It Is,” about a narrator who looks back on his life as he crawls through mud.
Miroslaw Balka’s “How It Is” will remain in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall through April 5, 2010.
2 years ago | Tags: tate modern unilever series london Art Installation
