Transport for LondonRUT BLEES LUXEMBURG - Piccadilly's Peccadilloes
Platform for Art - © Piccadilly's Peccadilloes
Exhibition runs June 2007 – November 2007Heathrow terminal 4 Tube station
Platform for Art, the art programme for London Underground (LU) is pleased to announce a set of 12 new photographs commissioned specially for Heathrow Terminal 4 Tube station ticket hall. The works are part of Thin Cities - a series of artworks celebrating 100 years of the Piccadilly line.
Piccadilly’s Peccadilloes is a new portfolio of images produced by renowned photographer Rut Blees Luxemburg. The images are details of the front of 12 of the classic stations designed by Charles Holden. Each image focuses on the underground’s iconic Johnston font reflected in glossy-wet pavement surfaces. The subtle changes in surface and architectural structure that frame the fragmented texts allow the visitor to absorb the essence of Holden’s designs.
Rut Blees Luxemberg’s photographs are well known. Towering Inferno, depicting a lit up council block, was used as the cover art for The Streets’ debut album Original Pirate Material. She also contributed A Modern Project for use as the cover of Bloc Party’s second album, A Weekend in the City.
The images follow Blees Luxemburg’s distinctive style, presenting a hauntingly beautiful impression of some of London’s most familiar landmarks. The densely detailed, richly textured glimpses of the buildings will be displayed in a complete circuit around the LU ticket hall at Heathrow Terminal 4 station, establishing a gateway through which to enter and leave the city.
Rut Blees Luxemburg is represented by Union gallery, London www.union-gallery.com
Visitors are also invited to leave their comments on the website about
this project and other commissions in the Thin Cities series.
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Arriving at Heathrows terminal four is usually the end to an epic journey for me, and usually I trudge through "just wanting to get home" This time, though, I noticed the photographs around the station and stood, staring for ten minutes [much to my partners annoyance] A great commision. Well done.
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