The Shard / Global Financial Crisis Sculpture

Edition 2/100 From a series of sculptures based the strange equivalence of architecture of financial districts across the world. The series examines the idea that today’s tallest towers are more than simply buildings: they represent a belief system that is ubiquitous throughout the world today. These are tribal objects for the Information Age. Recalling Paolozzi’s machine sculptures, the material language alludes to electronic hardware (server cabinets, cable trunking) and industrial metalwork (balustrades, drain covers) which are very much a part of the interior and exterior architectural language of our urban environment - albeit a version that is glittering, rarefied and iridescent. Lurking within this, though, the strange forms refer to a heritage of esotericism and mystic religion (Aztec breastplates, French tarot cards, Jain cosmologies) – creating objects that are both familiar and strange, everyday and extraordinary.

Sculpture:Steel on Steel

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:8.7 W x 11.8 H x 1.6 D in

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