LIAM GILLICK, (B. 1964)

Layered Dispersal Platform, 2006

Layered Dispersal Platform, 2006

anodized aluminium, transparent Plexiglas

2 1/8 x 47 x 47 in.
5.4 x 119.4 x 119.4 cm.

Provenance
Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

The present lot stems from British artist Liam Gillick's ongoing Platform series. The artist began his seminal body of work in the mid-1990s, encompassing spatial interventions of colorful window-like frames, traditionally suspended from above. Gillick's installations are a dazzling amalgamation of beautiful abstraction in composition and color and utilitarian design. This combination blurs the lines between functionality and fine art and challenges traditional interpretations of sculpture, design and architecture. Given the delicate and decorative nature of the design, the use of the word 'platform' suggests a nod to providing a space for ideas and discourse, rather than only a physical support. The installation can therefore be seen as an invitation for the viewer to consider their own way of interacting and understanding art, while simultaneously providing a spatial site of creation and activity.

Liam Gillick's work has been included in many important exhibitions including documenta, Kassel and the Venice, Berlin and Istanbul Biennales. His solo museum exhibitions have been held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Tate in London. His work is collected by many global institutions including the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Tate Modern, London and the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao.