Phyllida Barlow: Rig (2011)

Published to accompany an exhibition at Hauser and Wirth in 2011. Paperback catalogue in ring-bound folder. Includes private view card.

Inspired by the everyday objects of the city, Barlow created a group of works that brought the cacophony of the gallery’s external surroundings inside. The urban congestion was ‘captured like something wild or feral’, says Barlow, and is evolved into a purely physical object, stripped of any symbolic context and resituated within the gallery. The verticality and mass of the sculptures, broken up by the staccato application of brightly coloured paints and draped fabrics, took over the entire building from the basement to the attic.

Catalogue in near fine condition. Private view card features previous owner’s inscription and some minor creasing.