Wednesday 29 October 2014

A Slice of Reality


Richard Wilson's (sculptor) modern artwork " A Slice of Reality" a commissioned for the Millennium Dome on the north-west bank of the Greenwich Peninsular.  It is a vertical section though the former sand dredger ARCO TRENT (a 240 foot vessel) and exposes the former living quarters of the vessel. It was cut out and fitted in four months.  Look out for the pool table in the lower decks. Wilson views this piece of work, as a sound bite, crying itself back into the river as a lost industry.  In 1936, the time of King George, 1000 ships would go pass this point to the commonwealth.  Nine artists were chosen for the North Meadow Sculpture Project from the UK and Wilson was one of them. This was an unexpected, extraordinary sight and quite surreal. Architectural magic on the Thames.


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