Temple
Temple
Temple

© Richard Mackness. Image credit: Nick Turpin, courtesy of Sculpture in the City

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'Temple' first draws the eye with a lustrous blaze of gold leaf. It has the creased and folded form of a simple paper bag, yet at architectural scale. The humble carrier of a million shopping trips, with their hopes and dreams and practicalities, seen blowing around our city streets, here fixed in place like a monument. Gold has strong associations of currency and trade – the City's day job – but the gilded surface also suggests a temple, shrine or votive object (it's untarnished nature seen as a reference to the enduring perfection of the divine). In this object questions of belief and value weave with consumer culture and the human need to find meaning and to belong.

Sculpture in the City

London

Title

Temple

Date

2023

Medium

glass reinforced concrete, Schlag gold leaf & automotive lacquer

Measurements

H 260 x W 160 x D 135 cm

Accession number

EC2M_SITC_TEMP

Acquisition method

on loan to Sculpture in the City, 13th Edition, 2024–2025

Work type

Sculpture

Access

at all times

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