Katrina Palmer's "A Tale of A Tub": Demolition as Institutional Critique
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Lizzie Homersham
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Katrina Palmer's proposed artwork "A Tale of A Tub" involves a ten-step demolition of the gallery's front-facing external wall, materializing institutional tensions behind the act of demolition. The article contrasts Palmer's approach with earlier artists like Gordon Matta-Clark and Michael Asher, exploring how her work engages with bureaucratic processes, institutional critique, and the Kafkaesque nature of demolition planning.
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When I think of demolition in art I think of Gordon Matta-Clark; of the heroic cuts he made into buildings during the late 1970s and subsequently photographed.
Each step outlined on a largescale notice, Demolition Billboard
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