Tal R
‚Chimney school of sculpture‘

London

Tal R is currently exhibited at the Victoria Miro gallery. With Chimney school of sculpture, the Copenhagen-based artist delivers a solo show that spreads on both floors taking up the whole space. Tal R creats a connection in between functionality and creativity. His furniture features new Scandinavian rugs and his sculptures are made out of simple fabric covered wood. High and low cultures bounding are a distinctive component of every Tal R’s creation.

Material and forms respond to no hierarchy. They are all used and diverted in the same way. Tal R Chimney’s sculptures are a good example of this practice. Very minimalistic, but yet vibrant and pigmented these wood sculptures are a reminiscence of candy cane sticks affianced with air instruments and standing tables. All of it covered with precious fabric. Tal R evokes thus the relationship linking popular and high culture in a visually pleasant and performative way. Alongside with the Chimey pieces, are displayed his Raku sculptures. Created through a sixteenth-century Japanese technique, these artworks are made out of clay which final form Tal R cannot control. Again the artist shows how much ambivalent and surprising art can be, always appearing where he does not expect it and taking control on his creation.

Snow Walk, 2014, Aluminium, 62 x 68 x 53 cm, 24 3/8 x 26 3/4 x 20 7/8 in

Chimney, 2013-2014, PVC, plywood, foam, leather, printed painted fabric, 212 x 74 x 74 cm, 83 1/2 x 29 1/8 x 29 1/8 in

Victoria Miro

April 23 – May 30, 2015

6 Wharf Road
London N1 7RW
United Kingdom

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