Miroslaw Balka: How It Is at Tate Modern Turbine Hall

http://www.vernissage.tv | As the tenth work in Tate Modern's annual series of Unilever commissions, Polish artist Miroslaw Balka installed a enormous steel container filled with darkness. The sculpture, called How It Is is 30 meters long, 10 meters wide and 13 meters high and completely dark inside. The interior walls of the steel chamber are lined with a soft flock that is 10 times blacker than normal black paint.

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[berlinartparasites]

Very impressive! You can see an article about his new work on our homepage!

[katiekoo1989]

this is one of the strongest pieces of work i have ever experienced, and i remember it so clearly even now

[osuszkiewicz]

biger it is in contamporarty art better it is , pffff .....like in porno movies. This is art systeme!

[chandru1103]

I love this guy. I saw one of his works at the Hirshhorn and have never looked back.

[dazlebon]

i was there yesterday, its an unbelievable piece, i never forget what i saw.

[darkzac]

I was very moved by Miroslaw Balkas work, inspired to make a short film ghosts by darkzac. a brief glimpse into another world, on entering the box we all become shadows, in the darkness there is light and colours all around we ceases to be, becoming one and the same whispers of life, was absorbed by this box when sitting inside I felt safe alone, together, surrounded by shadows ebbing, bleeding through the artificial space around.

[pocaluneksmierci]

it is enormous, was there 2 weeks ago, was bit disappointed, there is hounders better Polish artists, and art works. I'm disappointed as Polish Londoner -as art student.

[pelagiapl]

thank you!

[KEPHALLE]

as far as i'm concerned, Balka's installation is way better than most of the past editions, expecially Carsten Höller's and Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster's, but never at the heights of Anish Kapoor's Marsyas

[ar4216]

Wow, your video really gives a sense of the size of this piece. The cost to uninstall is going to be enormous.