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Was
it all just a load of rubbish? It was really hard to know quite what to make of
Phyllida Barlow’s newly installed commission
dock recently erected in the Duveen gallery at Tate Britain. http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/tate-britain-commission-2014-phyllida-barlow
Stacks
of painted wood roughly screwed together, planks, bits of polystyrene, ropes,
bursting bin liners, taped together cardboard…you name it it was there...hanging,
swinging, sprawling , tottering, towering!
Walking
through, beneath, in and around the seven massive works was certainly impressive
but sadly left me cold. I have to admit that it seemed to me that Barlow was
given the commission and following on from previous work she felt she must ‘fill’
the space with BIG! I couldn’t help thinking how unsubtle it was and that
perhaps something really really small might have been rather more mysterious and
interesting.
Anyway she has finally in her 70th
year been recognised so that at least is something
to shout about!
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