Liam Gillick
headache/phone card/soda/donuts/stereo

Great Portland Street Underground station
26 September 2003 - 9 January 2004

Liam Gillick, a British artist who has recently come to national and international critical attention, has created a set of posters to be displayed in unused spaces at Great Portland Street Underground station. The project is jointly commissioned by London Underground and Frieze Art Fair.

Gillick has established a reputation for his interest in the grey areas where architecture, design and art intersect. In 2002 he was a Turner Prize finalist and had a major solo exhibition, The Wood Way, at the Whitechapel Art gallery. He has published a number of books and has recently been involved collaboratively on major architectural projects such as the new airport terminal in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; The Home Office in London and he is currently working on the new addition to the Cambridge City Library in Harvard Square, Massachusetts.

For London Underground Gillick has produced a series of related posters featuring simple typography, strong pattern and single colours. The work makes use of transcripts of non-specific television advertising - placing the structure of one communication medium into another. The structure of the message overwhelms the product and we are left to reflect on the potential of narrative and presentation.

This commission marks the continued development and expansion of the Platform for Art programme around the London Underground network. A Platform for Art and Frieze Art Fair Collaboration to coincide with Frieze Art Fair
continues....

Frieze Art Fair

17 - 20 October 2003
Regent's Park
London
For opening hours and admission prices please go to the website
www.friezeartfair.com
Ticket Hotline 0870 060 1789
Or book online at www.ticketmaster.co.uk.

For more information about
Platform for Art:
Platform for Art 020 7918 3891
Email: art@tube.tfl.gov.uk

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