Eva Rothschild at Tate Britain
Eva Rothschild has been invited to create the next installation for the Tate Britain Duveens Commission 2009, supported by Sotheby's.
Her new work, created especially for the Duveen Galleries at the heart of Tate Britain, will be unveiled on 29 June 2009 and will be on display until 29 November 2009.
Eva Rothschild's striking and memorable sculptures continually investigate and forge new relationships between volume and mass, surface and structure. She uses a wide variety of materials, such as leather and steel, which are often incongruously juxtaposed to create deceptively simple works that lightly yet effectively occupy space. Rothschild's strong interest in geometric and elemental forms is combined with a fascination in the spiritual and ritualistic qualities of objects.
Rothschild has conceived an ambitious new sculpture that will directly respond to the Duveen Galleries. It will contain some of the essential characteristics of her practice but will also represent an exciting new direction in her work. Using minimal materials, the work will fill and disrupt the grandeur of these neo-classical galleries with a chaotic, energetic presence. It will bring the gallery to life, compelling visitors to look at this familiar space in a different way. This will be the first time a single work has been designed to stretch nearly the full length of the space, occupying over 70 metres from one end of the Duveens to the other.
Rothschild comments, "'I'm excited about making a new work for this year's Duveens Commission. I'm hoping to create something that will agitate the architecture of the Duveens Galleries, tangling with your perception of the space."
Eva Rothschild was born in 1972 in Dublin. She studied at the University of Ulster, Belfast from 1990 - 1993 and then at Goldsmiths College, University of London from 1997-1999. She now lives and works in London.
Previous works include Mark Wallinger's 2007 reconstruction of Iraq War protestor Brian Haw's demonstration in Parliament Square,and last year's installation by Martin Creed which saw an athlete running through the galleries every 30 seconds.
Her new work, created especially for the Duveen Galleries at the heart of Tate Britain, will be unveiled on 29 June 2009 and will be on display until 29 November 2009.
Eva Rothschild's striking and memorable sculptures continually investigate and forge new relationships between volume and mass, surface and structure. She uses a wide variety of materials, such as leather and steel, which are often incongruously juxtaposed to create deceptively simple works that lightly yet effectively occupy space. Rothschild's strong interest in geometric and elemental forms is combined with a fascination in the spiritual and ritualistic qualities of objects.
Rothschild has conceived an ambitious new sculpture that will directly respond to the Duveen Galleries. It will contain some of the essential characteristics of her practice but will also represent an exciting new direction in her work. Using minimal materials, the work will fill and disrupt the grandeur of these neo-classical galleries with a chaotic, energetic presence. It will bring the gallery to life, compelling visitors to look at this familiar space in a different way. This will be the first time a single work has been designed to stretch nearly the full length of the space, occupying over 70 metres from one end of the Duveens to the other.
Rothschild comments, "'I'm excited about making a new work for this year's Duveens Commission. I'm hoping to create something that will agitate the architecture of the Duveens Galleries, tangling with your perception of the space."
Eva Rothschild was born in 1972 in Dublin. She studied at the University of Ulster, Belfast from 1990 - 1993 and then at Goldsmiths College, University of London from 1997-1999. She now lives and works in London.
Previous works include Mark Wallinger's 2007 reconstruction of Iraq War protestor Brian Haw's demonstration in Parliament Square,and last year's installation by Martin Creed which saw an athlete running through the galleries every 30 seconds.