Not on display
- Artist
- Pawel Althamer born 1967
- Original title
- Fundacja Galerii Foksal
- Medium
- Wood, metal, plastic, rubber, paper, fabric and modelling putty
- Dimensions
- 1550 × 2130 × 1020 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased 2007
- Reference
- T12570
Display caption
This work is a handmade 1:5 scale model of the Foksal Gallery Foundation, an influential contemporary art space in Warsaw. Foksal has been a centre for conceptual art in Poland since it was founded by artists and critics in the mid-1960s. The model is positioned on a mobile table, the form of which derives from the moveable stalls used by street salespeople in the early days of the post-communist economy in Poland. Theoretically the model can be transported, enabling the Foundation to travel beyond the boundaries of its original home.
Gallery label, April 2008
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