Franklin's Morals of Chess - Ruby Edition 2/6 Sculpture

Exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery, London. New buildings vs old buildings of London. All pieces are to scale. The original 'Morals of Chess' was an essay by the American philosopher Benjamin Franklin published in The Columbian Magazine in December 1786. He compares chess to life and writes that foresight, circumspection and caution can be learnt from the game. After describing the effects chess can have on one's perception of life he describes a set of moral rules that a chess player should hold. The discourse for Karl’s work is based on taking the philosophies and etiquette described in the essay and applying it to the creation of new buildings in London. When one sets out to design a new building foresight, circumspection and caution should be applied. They are qualities the architect requires in great abundance. Their architecture should observe its surrounding rules and be executed with skill and humbleness. Are the buildings of London at war with one another? Or are they part of the same, ambient dysfunctional, family? Reds: Rook - Big Ben Knight - Tower Bridge Bishop - Oxo Tower King - St Paul Cathedral Queen - Westminster Abbey Bishop - Wesminster Cathedral Knight - Tower Bridge Rook - Christ Church Spitalfields Pawns - Tower of London Blacks: Rook - BT Tower Knight - Walkie Talkie Bishop - Gerkin King - The Shard Queen - Canary Wharf Bishop - Cheese grater Knight - Heron Tower Rook - Strata Tower Pawns - Thames Barrier

Sculpture:Acrylic on Other

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:16.5 W x 6 H x 16.5 D in

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