Miroslaw Balka
Subtitle: how it is
By: edited by Helen Sainsbury
Contributors: Bauman, Zygmunt, 1925-2017; Herkenhoff, Paulo; Heynen, Julian; Krasznahorkai, László
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781854378477
Subjects: Exhibitions; Polish Art
Other titles: How it is
Description: "How It Is by Polish artist Miroslaw Balka is a giant grey steel structure with a vast dark chamber, which in construction reflects the surrounding architecture - almost as if the interior space of the Turbine Hall has been turned inside out. Hovering somewhere between sculpture and architecture, on 2 metre stilts, it stands 13 metres high and 30 metres long. Visitors can walk underneath it, listening to the echoing sound of footsteps on steel, or enter via a ramp into a pitch black interior, creating a sense of unease"--Gallery website.
Notes: Contributions by: Zygmunt Bauman, Paulo Herkenhoff, Julian Heynen, László Krasznahorkai.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition at Tate Modern, London, 13 October 2009-5 April 2010.