Sculptor expresses astonishment after being selected as artist for British Pavilion at renowned international art exhibitionThe sculptor Phyllida Barlow,whose towering installations at Tate Britain were described as “mad and madly ambitious” by the Guardian critic Adrian Searle, is to represent Britain at the Venice Biennale next year.
Barlow’s colossal sculptures are made of commonplace materials, and often recycled timber,plywood, cardboard and plaster. When in 2014 she filled the massive central corridor at Tate Britain with enormous constructions apparently in imminent danger of collapse, or some visitors were baffled and unnerved,wondering whether they were seeing the leftovers from a building project. Searle’s review – which pointed out that Barlow has taught a generation of younger and arguably more famous artists – ended: “There’s a word for this: Wow.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com