In a critique of consumerism,thousands of genuine London shop fronts feature in V&A’s 6.5-metre-tall Tower of Babel installation“They are the wallpaper of our city,” said the artist Barnaby Barford, and standing in front of the 6.5-metre tower he has made of London’s shops. They spiral upwards: from tatty boarded-up off licences,chicken shops, nail bars, or dry cleaners and corner mini-marts ,on to fancy delicatessens, boutiques and chocolatiers; arriving finally at top auction houses and expensive contemporary art galleries.“They are all beautiful. They are all people’s businesses, or the flats above are people’s homes and they are hopes and dreams and aspirations and characters,” explained Barford. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com