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Model for a Hotel 2007 is sculpture, model and architecture all in one... |
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Model for a Hotel 2007 is sculpture, model and architecture all in one... |
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Thomas Schütte |
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Model for a Hotel 2007
Perspex
The sculpture will be built of 2cm thick Perspex in yellow, red and blue, which collects the light, reflecting it through the edges.
Model for a Hotel 2007 will be in the shape of an architectural model composed of three blocks: a building with 21 storeys, a big lobby, and a horizontal block of 8 storeys, extending over the edge of the plinth. It will be constructed in several parts attached to each other, reaching a total height of 5 metres. The sculpture will be about the same size as the plinth, its shape, that of an eccentric mega-sign building, a scale model of contemporary architecture. From each side, a different shape and a different context or background is revealed.
The sculpture is translucent against the sky and will become part of the important historical buildings all around Trafalgar Square. Model for a Hotel 2007 is sculpture, model and architecture all in one. It is also, at the same time, a commentary on the present.
What pigeons will do to the material is not quite clear.
Artist links
If you want to find out more about Thomas Schütte here are some other web links you might like to explore:
www.frithstreetgallery.com
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