Duveens Commission : Eva Rothschild

30 Jun-29 Nov 2009

Overview

Eva Rothschild has created Cold Corners, an ambitious new metal sculpture created especially for this year's Tate Britain Duveens Commission, supported by Sotheby's. Cold Corners inhabits the full space of the Duveens, forming a spiky black line that threads through the gallery like a 'scribble in space'. Comprising a sequence of twenty-six connected triangles the structure weaves through the space, climbing up to 12 metres as it loops up and over the stone architraves, swooping down to the floor of the Octagon before reaching the north end of the 80 metre gallery. It frames the space, dwarfing the viewer and inviting them to navigate through the structure. The sculpture is at once delicate yet dynamic, bringing a chaotic, energetic presence to the grandeur of the neoclassical architecture. It appears to posses its own kinetic power; a lightning bolt travelling through the space.