‘I wanted to refresh completely my attitude to sculpture.’ Phyllida Barlow discusses her exhibition tilt at Hauser & Wirth New York, 22nd Street, and how it marks a new stage in her practice.
For more than fifty years, the British artist has created sculptures and large-scale installations using a direct and intuitive process of making. She transforms humble, readily available materials through layering, accumulation, and juxtaposition, often drawing inspiration from her urban surroundings to reference construction debris, architecture, signs, fences, and discarded objects.
Following Barlow’s critically acclaimed presentation at the British Pavilion for the 2017 Venice Biennale, tilt is an exhibition featuring recent large-scale works installed for the first time alongside more than a dozen smaller sculptures. Together, the works on view encourage an intimate encounter between object and viewer, continuing a career-long exploration into the ways in which sculpture can dissolve boundaries between realms of experience.
‘I’m always seeking that surprise. Something where the work fights back and begins to take me on a journey, rather than me controlling that journey.’
tilt is on view at Hauser & Wirth New York, 22nd Street from 14 November–22 December 2018. Nearby, prop remains on view through March 2019 on the High Line at 16th Street.
Director: Cosima Spender
Producer Dorothea Gibbs
Editor: Manuela Lupini
Cinematography: Christine Ng
Produced by Hauser & Wirth in association with Peacock Pictures and Third Channel
Phyllida Barlow: tilt from Hauser & Wirth on Vimeo.
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