Plinth, 2023. Installation view Tate Britain
Classical plinth, tree, moss, lichen, fungi, insects, invertebrates, crustaceans
In keeping with its radical self, Plinth the sculpture was pushed down the middle of roads from Saatchi to be covertly installed at Tate Britain. After a days rest there, Plinth was pushed for three days through Central London, installed in squares overnight, to then be installed at Frieze Sculpture for four days, and in a mobile capacity for a further two.
Above: Installation view & Talks to school groups at Frieze Sculpture
'I see Plinth as the most important work of our time as it topples anything human made from the plinth in favour of a non human living thing. Today I have chosen a tree, tomorrow it could be some mould, or a fly, but it's certainly not cast in bronze. It, in a very simple way, raises the status of ecology. For some, the sculpture is so part of life it goes unnoticed, but on closer inspection it cheekily denounces a vast number of the worlds artworks and of course the status quo. For this reason we may find a portion of the art world dismiss it to save their own mental and actual investment. I'll be interested to see how the ideas behind Plinth and its acceptance develop over time. It is worth mentioning too, an additional hindrance and disease of modernity, 'plant blindness'. Many people are affected by it. It is not known if this myopia is cultural or biological. I will be looking into this more in future projects.'
Above: Whitehall push. Below: Trafalgar Square
