One of whom is Roger Hiorns. It was Pene who first showed me images of his work Seizure, where he occupied a condemned flat in London, coating every surface in copper sulphate. Coppery blue crystals encrusted the whole space, turning it into a dark and glittering cave. At the time we were working on Grow Wild and I had been googling crystal growing recipes as a possible element of my work. I had been having memories of primary school science and the wonder of crystals forming in the cupboard. Obviously after seeing this, I left them be.
Into the blue ... Detail from Seizure (2008) Photograph: Marcus Leith
It's such an alluring transformation of a space. I love it. I also love Vauxhall, from 2003, where he placed an ordinary looking drain in the Tate Britain's Sculpture Court and then set fire to its liquid contents.
Photograph: Tate Photography, David Lambert/Rod Tidman
It all makes me wish to be on the other side of the world looking at art. I guess I'll just look at it here.
1 comment:
also, it eats stuff away. i liked the engine
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