JULY 26, 2024 GRACE EBERT
All images © Alex Chinneck
Alex Chinneck has the world tied in knots as he distorts everyday tools and infrastructure through twists and turns.
Alex Chinneck has the world tied in knots as he distorts everyday tools and infrastructure. Twisting and twining telephone booths, hammers, and lamp posts, the British artist (previously) warps common objects to exaggerated proportions, rendering each almost entirely unusable. Mop handles form perfect bows, a brush constricts so tightly around a canister that blue paint spills out, and a bright red fire extinguisher appears choked for air. Chinneck’s interventions are boldly bizarre and speak to the extraordinary potential of humble objects.
This summer, the artist will install the knotted lamp posts below as part of a permanent work in Bristol, along with a spectacular boat undertaking a gravity-defying loop-the-loop for the Sheffield & Tinsley Canal. […]
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