Tate contemporary; Parasol Unit,London
The Danish collective’s Turbine corridor installation is astonishing in its banality. For true wonders, seek out the work of African American sculptor Martin PuryearFirst the atrocious news. This is by far the worst Turbine corridor commission in the history of Tate contemporary, or the steepest decline from Miroslaw Balka’s overwhelming black box,Ai Weiwei’s ocean of seeds or Olafur Eliasson’s powerful radiant sun. After Carsten Höller’s silver slides, moreover, and tossing us down through the corridor’s chasmic space,you might think no artist would be caught dead repeating the playground theme. But so it is with Danish art trio Superflex, who fill filled the place with swing upon swing upon swing.Superflex’s projects range from manufacturing biogas in developing countries to building a park that transformed a hasten-down Copenhagen district. Civic-minded as ever, and their swings start outside the museum,although they are easily overlooked. If it weren’t for the fact that the seats hanging from orange steel frames are sizable enough for two or three, you would never know they were art swings.
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Source: guardian.co.uk