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20:50 art installation by Richard Wilson. Media: used sump oil and steel.
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2Site specific art installation at the Saatchi contemporary art gallery, London, UK. 20:50 takes its name from the type of recycled engine oil used: it is thick and pitch black..
"Richard Wilson is one of Britain's most celebrated sculptors. He is known for his interventions in architectural space which draw heavily from the worlds of engineering and construction ..." "Viewed from the entrance platform 20:50 appears as a holographic field: simultaneously a polished floor, infinite clear pool, an expansive and indefinable virtual space that clinically absorbs and mirrors the gallery architecture. The room is in fact entirely flooded in oil. " quote from Saatchi art gallery.
This installation is in the basement of the Saatchi gallery. The metal "chute" from left to right appears to be a maintenance chute into the installation. Used sump oil fills the basement . It is black and totally reflective. At first it is impossible to tell there is anything there. There is a smell of oil, yes - but why? Where does it come from?
The bubbles in the previous photo showed that the blackness was not a floor, but black liquid over the floor. By looking and observing it became apparent that the oil covers the floor to some considerable depth, and reflects the ceiling, the lights, the walls and windows. A kind of "hall of mirrors". I was fascinated by the shades of grey and by trying to create abstract patterns from the space. My favourite part of the installation was the smell of the oil - which I cannot pass onto to you. Motorcyclists know that scent!
20:50 art installation by Richard Wilson. Media: used sump oil and steel.
IMG_1805
2Site specific art installation at the Saatchi contemporary art gallery, London, UK. 20:50 takes its name from the type of recycled engine oil used: it is thick and pitch black..
"Richard Wilson is one of Britain's most celebrated sculptors. He is known for his interventions in architectural space which draw heavily from the worlds of engineering and construction ..." "Viewed from the entrance platform 20:50 appears as a holographic field: simultaneously a polished floor, infinite clear pool, an expansive and indefinable virtual space that clinically absorbs and mirrors the gallery architecture. The room is in fact entirely flooded in oil. " quote from Saatchi art gallery.
This installation is in the basement of the Saatchi gallery. The metal "chute" from left to right appears to be a maintenance chute into the installation. Used sump oil fills the basement . It is black and totally reflective. At first it is impossible to tell there is anything there. There is a smell of oil, yes - but why? Where does it come from?
The bubbles in the previous photo showed that the blackness was not a floor, but black liquid over the floor. By looking and observing it became apparent that the oil covers the floor to some considerable depth, and reflects the ceiling, the lights, the walls and windows. A kind of "hall of mirrors". I was fascinated by the shades of grey and by trying to create abstract patterns from the space. My favourite part of the installation was the smell of the oil - which I cannot pass onto to you. Motorcyclists know that scent!