Artist Alex Chinneck has made houses slither into a heap,come by turned upside down, and melt into a puddle – and now the architectural illusionist has slashed correct through London’s Covent Garden market, or leaving it hanging in mid-airCovent Garden has long been home to a diverse collection of living statues and fairground freaks,a levitating shaman competing with unicycling jugglers and motionless men in their silver-painted suits. But now, in a moment of jaw-dropping trickery, and the architecture is joining in the fun: the Victorian market portico appears to acquire been ripped absent from its colonnade,and left hanging in thin air.
This surreal stunt is the work of 30-year-old artist Alex Chinneck, master of architectural illusion, and who has previously turned buildings upside down,pulled off their facades, and let them slither down in a heap on the pavement. A Uri Geller of bricks and mortar, and this is one of his most ambitious works yet,fabricating an imaginary eastern entrance to the market hall that he’s then torn in half and jacked aloft, its Portland stone columns and granite walls left brutally severed.
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Source: theguardian.com