Art Square and Neighborhood
Maider LÓPEZ
This bench with its multicolored, random arrangement of tiles resembles in form the ground raised to various heights, allowing it to be used not only for sitting, but a variety of other purposes including as a table, or to spread a newspaper on, or perhaps to wait for a friend. Thus the very space in which the bench is situated changes according to who is using it, and how. TWELVE LEVEL BENCHoffers first-hand experience of the invisible power of art to act on surrounding people and spaces, to make the space itself the work of art.
Photo: Oyamada Kuniya
Maider LÓPEZ
Born 1975 in San Sebastián, Spain. López’s interest lies in interrupting norms in space and architecture, inviting people to experience common spaces in novel and potentially rewarding ways. She has exhibited extensively throughout Europe and beyond works that include Ataskoa at ARTIUM (Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain) and the 51st Venice Biennale (Italy, 2005), AdosAdos at Museo Guggenheim Bilbao (Spain, 2007), Eclats at Centre Pompidou Metz (France, 2010), Mom, Am I Barbarian? at the 13th Istanbul Biennial (Turkey, 2013) and 4th Les Ateliers de Rennes Biennial (France, 2014), and 1645 Pieces of Chalk at Matadero Madrid (Spain, 2016).
2010
Tile, concrete
300×100×100 cm
