Monday, 22 September 2008

Jim Lambie

While in Glasgow I visited the Gallery of Modern Art. The main exhibition that was on was called forever changes and was by an artist called Jim Lambie.


Lambie was born in 1964 in Glasgow, and is a contemporary visual artist. He was shortlisted for the 2005 Turner Prize with an installation called Mental Oyster. Lambie specialises in colourful sculptural installations made from everyday modern materials including pop culture objects, such as posters and album covers, and household accessories. The other trademark theme in his artistic practice is using brightly coloured vinyl tape arranged into patterns around the floor of the gallery space, tracing the shape of the room to reveal the idiosyncrasies of its architecture.


The forever changes exhibition I saw was no different. One of the main art pieces were concreate slabs sticking out of the floor with the side of vinyl covers stuck to them, 100s on each. However although I wasn’t majorly impressed with his art pieces (as I am not a lover of modern art) his designed floor for the gallery was amazing. Below are some pictures of the floors he has created in gallerys around the world.

3 comments:

Elina Linnea said...

That looks amazing!!

Bonnie said...

I would like to have this as my floor. I think that it would make you feel really energetic. Did you walk on this?

Caz said...

Yeah i did, although as i was looking at it it started to make my eyes go fuzzy lol