Coloured glass vitrines, set in wall of Home Office building

Liam Gillick (1964 - )

Glass vitrines: coloured acrylic film bonded between layers of glass, installed at right-angles to inner and outer glass walls of building.

2003-2005

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Home Office, 2 Marsham Street
  • 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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    Subjects
    abstract, government building
    Materials & Techniques
    acrylic film, glass (glass as material), vitrine, coloured
  • Details
    Artist
    Liam Gillick (1964 - )
    Title
    Coloured glass vitrines, set in wall of Home Office building
    Date
    2003-2005
    Medium
    Glass vitrines: coloured acrylic film bonded between layers of glass, installed at right-angles to inner and outer glass walls of building.
    Acquisition
    Commissioned by the GAC on behalf of Bouygues UK Limited for the Home Office
    GAC number
    18003/2