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Mire Lee is known for her visceral sculptures, which use kinetic, mechanised elements to invoke the tension between soft forms and rigid systems. Open Wound, her new site-specific work, is a monumental installation that re-imagines Tate Modern as an industrial womb. Reflecting on the building's former life as a power station, Open Wound presents the Turbine Hall as a living factory, finding human dreams and desires in sprawling mechanical systems. Lee populates the space with 'skins', fabric sculptures that hang from the ceiling on metal chains. A motorised turbine slowly spins, discharging a viscous liquid from flesh-like silicone tentacles into a large tray.
Main title:
Mire Lee - open wound / edited by Alvin Li.
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Imprint:
London : Tate Publishing, 2025.
Collation:
160 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm.
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Notes:
Published to accompany the exhibition held at Tate Modern Gallery, 8th October 2024-16th March 2025.Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at Tate Modern, London, 9th October 2024-16th March 2025.Includes bibliographical references.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781849769594 (pbk)
Dewey class:
730.92
Language:
English
BRN:
3985216
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