The Tank, Bankside Power Station 1995

Editor: Here we have Anthony Eyton's "The Tank, Bankside Power Station." It looks like pastel on paper. I'm struck by the sheer industrial scale of it, yet the pastel seems to soften the scene. What's your take on this? Curator: This image is about labor, depicting the raw materiality of the Bankside Power Station. Consider the choice of pastel; it’s not just softening, but transforming industrial labor into something consumable, a piece for the Tate's collection. How does the artist's hand, through the application of pastel, change your perception of the site's original purpose? Editor: I never thought of it that way, about consumption! It's like turning the means of production into a commodity itself. Thanks! Curator: Exactly. It makes you consider the artist’s, and ultimately our, relationship to industry and its residue.