A new public art piece in London flips the very notion of art and artwork on its head, quite literally. The Hackney-based artist Alex Chinneck refashioned an abandoned building into an upside down public sculpture piece by completely rotating the building’s façade 180 degrees.
Chinneck sourced all the materials for the piece through donations and installed it solely with the help of volunteers. The outer shell is made of “brick slips,” a flattened brick material that stands in for the real thing. Following the design of the original building, the new installation is a completely convincing rendition of the right-side-up.
Here is how the artist describes the work:
The work is titled 'Miner on the moon'. It is located just south of Blackfriars Bridge at 20 Blackfriars Road SE1 8NY and was produced as the finale to Merge Festival 2013.
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[via Dezeen]
