Phyllida Barlow: folly presents the British Council's new commission created by Phyllida Barlow for the British Pavillion at the 57th Venice Biennale. Best known for her colossal sculptural projects, for over 5 decades Barlow has employed a distinctive vocabulary of inexpensive materials such as plywood, cardboard, plaster, rubber, cement, fabric and paint. Barlow creates striking sculptures and bold and expansive installations that confront the relationship between objects and the space that surrounds them. Drawing on memories of familiar objects from her surroundings, Barlow's practice is grounded in an anti-monumental tradition characterised by her physical experience of handling materials in an expedient and direct way.
- ISBN13 9781911164678
- Publish Date 16 May 2017
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 5 February 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Black Dog Press
- Imprint Black Dog Publishing Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 128
- Language English