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Liam Gillick (1964 - )

Painted aluminium and Plexiglas sculpture in 2 parts, wall-mounted

2008

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    Location
    Country: Holy See
    City: Vatican City
    Place: British Embassy

    Made from bands of coloured Plexiglas and aluminium, Liam Gillick's three-dimensional wall piece hovers between sculpture, installation and architecture. A gap between the two sets of bars encourages us explore the space that this piece occupies. Is it a window? Is it a screen? Formally, its shapes and linear forms are reminiscent of sculptures by Donald Judd and Richard Serra, although its acidic colours - orange, lime green and yellow - disrupt a purely minimalist reading.

    Gillick is interested in the way sculpture can cause people to interact differently in a social environment. Blending subtlety with rigour, the work is designed to operate as a metaphor in a space, opening it up for discussion and negotiation. Interested in the power relationships within politics, Gillick sees his work as part of an investigation into the way that social and economic realities are constructed and manipulated.

    Liam Gillick was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire and studied at Goldsmiths' (1984-1987). He was a Turner Prize nominee in 2002. He has had numerous solo exhibitions including shows at MOMA, New York, Whitechapel Gallery, London and the Palais de Tokyo, Paris. Gillick's public projects and commissions include Ft. Lauderdale Airport in 2002; the new Home Office government building in London in 2005 and the Lufthansa Headquarters in Frankfurt in 2006.

  • About the artist
    Liam Gillick was born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire and studied at Goldsmiths College (1984–1987). His many solo exhibitions including Literally at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2003 and The Wood Way, at the Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2002. In 2009 he represented Germany at the 53rd Venice Biennale. Numerous public projects and interventions include Ft. Lauderdale Airport in 2002; the new Home Office government building in London in 2005; and the Lufthansa Headquarters in Frankfurt in 2006. Gillick regularly contributes to art journals and has taught at Columbia University, New York, since 1997.
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    Title
    Related Faction
    Date
    2008
    Medium
    Painted aluminium and Plexiglas sculpture in 2 parts, wall-mounted
    Dimensions
    height: 110.00 cm, width: 121.10 cm, depth: 8.70 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Corvi-Mora, July 2008
    Provenance
    Corvi-Mora, London
    GAC number
    18198