At the intersection of Blackfriars Road and The Cut, Platform for Art
presents a work by Gayle Chong Kwan on the exterior of Southwark tube
station.
Eight huge glossy prints depict utopian lands made from food products:
The Tower of Babel is built with pasta, Plato's Republic is moulded
from bread, the New Atlantis is made from what appears to be lashings
of butter dusted with a light coating of icing sugar and The Voyage
to the World at the Centre of the Earth is paved with mussels. The
photographs act as portals to dream worlds that can be nibbled at;
sited in an area of regeneration, the work is a wonderful mixture of
fantasy, consumption and indulgence.
Cockaigne officially finished on 30th April, but the station has
decided to keep it up for a little while longer, so catch it while you
can. Later this month, Southwark tube station will house the result of
Kwan's sixth month residency working with the local community,
students and Southwark Underground staff.
LW
Southwark Underground Station
Southwark Underground Station
London SE1 2SZ
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/projectsandschemes/artmusicdesign/pfa/artists/gayle-chong-kwan.asp
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