For the 10th segment in our r3 series, we look back at Keith Tyson’s 2007 exhibition Large Field Array at Pace Wildenstein in New York. Keith Tyson arranged over 220 separate sculptural forms in a grid-like array (see the original post for more information.)

Keith Tyson was born in 1969 in Ulverston, Lancashire (England). He studied at the Faculty of Arts and Architecture, University of Brighton. In 2002, he won the Turner Prize.

Keith Tyson’s “Large Field Array” is named after the Very Large Array (VLA), a field of Radio Telescopes in New Mexico. The elements of the work are arranged in a grid and suspended on the walls. Art critic Walter Robinson described the work as “nothing less than a complete Pop cosmology“. Among the individual sculptures are a house of cards, a chair made of skeletons, a mini-tornado of water mist in a box, a roulette table, and a box with bubbling mud.

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Pace Wildenstein presents for the first time in America Keith Tyson’s installation “Large Field Array”. Keith Tyson’s work is named after the Very Large Array (VLA), a field of Radio Telescopes in New Mexico. “The VLA focuses on one spot from multiple viewpoints to give us a clearer picture of the universe. Similarly, Tyson’s monumental modular work combines over 220 separate sculptural forms into a single Field Array, which is designed to operate as a gigantic experimental lens for viewing some of the fundamental forces that make up reality” (excerpt from the press release (PDF)). VernissageTV used the day after the crowded opening to have a closer look at the impressive installation. It’s not possible to capture every single element of the Large Field Array. We tried to give you an impression of the installation, but if you have the chance, have a look yourself. The exhibition runs until October 20, 2007. Keith Tyson: Large Field Array, Pace Wildenstein at 545 West 22nd Street, New York. September 8, 2007.
PS: Review at Artnet.com.

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