Sacrificial Heart by Tim Noble & Sue Webster

LONDON.- Gagosian Gallery presents a single sculpture by Tim Noble & Sue Webster, on view through Saturday, 23 February 2008. Sacrificial Heart is a large, rotating sculpture of a bleeding heart studded with hundreds of flashing coloured lights. Here, the archetypal Christian emblem fuses with the classic tattoo of rock n' roll and/biker iconography in a mesmerizing display that pulsates with light. This sculpture is their first three dimensional free-standing sculpture which rotates. This work marks the 10th anniversary of the iconic wall-piece, Toxic Schizophrenia (1997). Duality lies at its core: romance and pain, love and hate, veneration and aversion, fidelity and betrayal, sympathy and disbelief, male and female. Its spectacular nature fuses highbrow art with lowbrow kitsch. The riotous flashing lights recall the nightscapes of Las Vegas and the fairgrounds of Blackpool and other British seaside resorts., transforming the vitrine gallery into a playful yet reflective space.
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