Steve McQueen
Weight, 201624 carat gold, mosquito net, metal, paint
24 carat gold, mosquito net, metal, paint
270 x 245 x 98 cm.
106 1/4 x 96 1/2 x 38 5/8 in.
106 1/4 x 96 1/2 x 38 5/8 in.
edition of 2 + 1AP
Weight was made for the Artangel exhibition Inside: Artists and Writers in Reading Prison (2016). After McQueen's visit in the Reading Prison in 2016 and spending time in the small cells, he decided to veil one of the empty prison beds with a delicate mosquito netting - incongruous in the setting of a cold English prison - plated with
24- carat gold and then draped over the bed to create a shimmering apparition of release from the architecture of confinement.
24- carat gold and then draped over the bed to create a shimmering apparition of release from the architecture of confinement.