The Automatist’s Workshop. Paul Spooner’s musings from his work bench will be a new feature on our website. Click thumbnail to enlarge.
Paul Spooner's 60th Birthday Exhibition
In celebration of Paul Spooner’s 60th Birthday this month we are preparing for a new virtual exhibition of his work which will be online from 20th November 2008. We will also be publishing a celebratory book to coincide with the exhibition.
Carlos Zapata at Royal Academy
A new work by the Colombian automata maker Carlos Zapata is currently being exhibited at the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition in London. In the piece a man protecting a small child is being beaten by soldiers. Carlos has always been concerned about the ill treatment of innocent people, and the fact that very often nothing […]
I Remember Gundestrup
Paul Spooner’s latest piece, ‘I Remember Gundestrup’ is currently on show at our exhibition at Kinetica. The two figures slowly move around in the vessel of blood-red Janus heads. For those who can’t visit, the caption reads: ‘This is not as bad as it looks: customs change in Denmark as they do all over most […]
Jeppe Hein’s Rolling Ball Sculpture
Here is something else to see on your upcoming visit to London. Danish artist Jeppe Hein has created a site-specific installation for The Curve at The Barbican. The piece is called ‘Distance’ and you can see it working here. Visitors trigger the rolling balls by entering the space, so the experience varies depending on how […]