Exhibition

TOM DALE: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

2 Oct 2014 – 14 Nov 2014

Regular hours

Thursday
12:00 – 18:00
Friday
12:00 – 18:00
Saturday
12:00 – 18:00
Wednesday
12:00 – 18:00

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Copperfield

London, United Kingdom

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TOM DALE: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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Presented in London for the first time, ‘Department of the Interior' is a 6.5m high black leatherette bouncy castle that echoes the towers and crenellations of Parliament with an absurdity that mocks its claim for authority. Shown alongside new and previously unseen work, It is a sculpture that is simultaneously seductive and repulsive; its form and the space within no longer the preserve of inclusive childish pleasures. They speak instead of adult power games and BDSM practices that are normally played out in spaces concealed from public view. In spite of the castle's tactile allure, visitors are strictly forbidden to enter and bounce, forcing them instead to imagine who or what might have that privilege and why. Like Franz Kafka's character ‘K' - attempting to enter a fictional castle only to be thwarted by invisible and inexplicable governance - ‘Department of the Interior' exemplifies the frustration and futility that governance and bureaucracy often pose at an individual and collective level.

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