White Wall 25

Michael Wilkinson (1965 - )

Lego bricks with aluminium support

2018

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: France
    City: Paris
    Place: British Embassy

    White Wall 25 is part of Michael Wilkinson’s ongoing investigation of the concept and form of the wall as a motif, initiated in 2002. Wilkinson has explored this motif in various formats, mostly painting and etched mirrors. In 2009, looking to make a wall sculpture without actual bricks, Wilkinson identified Lego as having an idealised quality that real bricks lacked, closer to structure as concept.

    These sleek monochromatic toy brick walls appear calculated at first, impenetrable - oppressive even. Upon closer inspection, however, the stark surfaces are littered with strata of irregular, stained and worn second-hand bricks. Wilkinson sources his material at charity shops, online auction sites – each bearing an inherited patina of age, circumstance, and the handling of generations of children. Wilkinson discovers in his materials moments of human recognition that disrupt a one-dimensional reading of the series.


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    Lego, toy, brick wall, wall
  • Details
    Title
    White Wall 25
    Date
    2018
    Medium
    Lego bricks with aluminium support
    Dimensions
    height: 150 cm, width: 150 cm, depth: 3 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from The Modern Institute, Glasgow UK, April 2019
    Provenance
    The Modern Institute, Glasgow UK; from whom purchased by UK Government Art Collection, 2019
    GAC number
    18802