ROELOF LOUW : Rolled Lead Piece, 1970

28 Nov-13 Dec 2013

Overview

Karsten Schubert Gallery, in association with Richard Saltoun Gallery, announces an exhibition of Roelof Louw's Rolled Lead Work of 1970. This important work of British Conceptual art was last exhibited at the international survey exhibition Between Man and Matter: Tokyo Biennale 1970. The final show to be staged in Karsten Schubert Gallery's Soho space, the work will take over an entire room and consists of sheets of lead, rolled and then pushed towards the gallery walls. The lead sheets themselves are specified to a particular weight, in relation to the gallery surface area. The physical act of rolling out the lead becomes part of the work, with the work being interrupted at various stages and documented. The work is completed when all of the lead is rolled up against the walls and the lead is removed and sold back as scrap to the supplier at the end of the exhibition.