Standard Reference Platform, 2014 (ceiling, detail)
Angled Reference Screen, 2014 (back)
Both works: raw aluminium, clear Plexiglas, vinyl letters
The sculptural works integrate the artist’s ongoing use of text and abstraction – towards an analysis of the semiotics of the built world – into single works. The use of raw aluminum and clear Plexiglas allows form to move to the front while the text elements provide a self-conscious commentary upon the contingency of meaning in context.
Hamilton: A Film by Liam Gillick, 2014 (adjacent room)
HD video, screen, mirrored room
Film duration: 27:43 minutes
Produced to coincide with the first major posthumous exhibition of Richard Hamilton at Tate Modern and the ICA in London, Gillick's film is both an homage to the older artist as well as a personal exploration of how artistic practice is constituted through discourse. Adjacent to the main space a mirrored ante-room had been created to serve as screening space for the film.
Photo © Andrea Rossetti