Today we’re going to present you the first public installation by the British artist Alex Chinneck, a 10-tonne ripped brick facade made from 4,000 bricks. The artwork has been installed on the site of Assembly London, a campus of offices, retail units and restaurants situated in Hammersmith.
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The sculpture has been designed to be placed 20-metres high and to appear as if part of the building’s existing red-brick facade has cracked in two. Until the final work, Chinneck spent month trying to recreate the effect of a ripped page from a book.
“I try to introduce sculptural interventions in unexpected contexts, heightening a sense of discovery when you encounter them,” he told. “With this in mind, the archetypal nature of the building’s upper elevation makes it a perfect platform for surprise.”
“The work looks to energizee the architecture by reconfiguring and reinvigorating what was already materially present, albeit seemingly,” added Chinneck, whose previous sculptures include a huge upside down pylon and a Christmas tree trapped in a giant ice cube.
“Given the size of the sculpture I’ve also tried to restrain it from becoming contextually overpowering by making it visually harmonious with the situation it occupies,” he added.
The two parts of the 12-metre-high sculpture lean away from the building as if about to fall down. Chinneck set the artwork just two layers of bricks deep, to lend the piece a “cartoon-like quality”.
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