"David Shirley turns an old idiom into a full-scale installation at Stephen Friedman Gallery this winter, filling 5-6 Cork Street in London with 10 tonnes of reclaimed rope and a glowing four-part neon. Exhibition of Old Rope brings together months of scavenging across the UK, from maritime scrapyards to climbing schools and offshore wind farms, as the British artist questions the worth of discarded materials and the value systems of the art world itself."
"The artwork is built from rope originally destined for landfill, thick mooring lines from cruise ships, slim marker-buoy cords, longlines, crab and lobster pot ropes, plus lengths salvaged from tree surgeons, scaffolders, window cleaners, and offshore infrastructure, gathered by Shrigley himself along the UK shorelines. Each section was cleaned and treated, a crucial step for rope recovered from the sea, which typically arrives heavy with salt, algae, and embedded debris."
David Shrigley fills 5-6 Cork Street in London with an installation of 10 tonnes of reclaimed rope and a four-part neon. The work collects months of scavenged rope across the UK from maritime scrapyards, climbing schools, offshore wind farms and other sources. The installation interrogates the worth of discarded materials and the value systems of the art world while marking Shrigley's ninth solo exhibition with the gallery and almost three decades of collaboration. The project began with the idiom 'old rope has no use' and includes a listed sale price of £1 million. Rope types include thick mooring lines, marker-buoy cords, longlines, crab and lobster pot ropes, and lengths salvaged from tree surgeons, scaffolders, window cleaners and offshore infrastructure. Each section was cleaned and treated to remove salt, algae and embedded debris.
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