"exhibition of old rope"
"Describing his price tag as more of a 'provocation', Shrigley says he thinks £1m for 'a giant artwork, pound for pound or kilo for kilo, represents excellent value'."
"for the person who isn't an art insider, it probably seems like a ridiculous price"
"Either way, it's important to have a price; there's a price to every artwork."
David Shrigley collected around ten tonnes (approximately 20 miles) of rope over eight months from climbing schools, tree surgeons, offshore wind farms, scaffolders, window-cleaning firms, ports, and shorelines. The rope was intensively cleaned and installed in four enormous piles, one in each room of the Cork Street gallery, accompanied by a neon sign reading "exhibition of old rope". The installation carries a price tag of £1m plus VAT framed as a provocation about value in a commercial gallery context. Stephen Friedman gallery plans to place the work in a private collection, institution, or foundation if sold.
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