Ernesto Neto: The Edges of the World - Hayward Gallery Sculpture Courts Timelapse

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This summer, dramatic, immersive installations by internationally renowned artist Ernesto Neto transform the Hayward Gallery's upper galleries and its three outdoor sculpture courts.

Best known for his sensuous sculptures, Neto creates site-specific installations with an abstract, biomorphic quality -- evocative of skin and interior body systems -- that investigate the way in which spatial alterations transform the relationships between people.

In this, the artist's most ambitious exhibition to date, visitors experience a sequence of interlinked spaces that skillfully merge sculpture and architecture. Wander through fabric installations, relax in cushioned soft spaces, ascend stairs into artworks overhead and, following on from Neto's signature 'nave' works, venture barefoot through an all-encompassing nylon vessel. Exploring new directions in his practice, Neto also presents his first outdoor installations on the gallery's sculpture courts. Whether submerged in a sculptural pool or balancing on an undulating path, visitors find themselves becoming active participants in the artworks.

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