Tuesday 14 October 2014

Tate Modern unveils latest Turbine Hall commission

Richard Tuttle commission in Tate Modern's Turbine Hall

The Tate Modern gallery in London has unveiled the latest art commission to fill its vast Turbine Hall space.
The 24m (78ft) sculpture weighs 15 tonnes and is made of wood draped with swathes of brightly coloured fabric.
The sculpture, by the US artist Richard Tuttle, is suspended over the atrium and is intended to resemble aeroplane wings.
Tuttle said it was "the job of the artist is to try to find a reunion between the mechanical and the human".
The wooden shapes of the sculpture, he continued, were designed to resemble aeroplane parts in order to "raise the issue of genocide".
Richard Tuttle commission in Tate Modern's Turbine Hall