The Unilever Series : Miroslaw Balka

13 Oct 2009-5 Apr 2010

Overview

Following in the footsteps of Doris Salcedo, Carsten Höller and Olafur Eliasson, Polish artist Miroslaw Balka (b1958) has created the tenth work in The Unilever Series, one of the world's most famous and prestigious public commissions. Balka's installations, sculptures and video explore personal history and common experience, drawing on his Catholic upbringing and the fractured history of his native country. In recent years the Holocaust has played a significant role in many of his works. Balka makes art from everyday and non-traditional materials, for example, maggots, foam, medicine balls, soap and salt. The Unilever Series: an annual art commission sponsored by Unilever