Dimensions: unconfirmed: 260 x 210 mm
Copyright: © Paul Noble | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: This is Paul Noble's "Playframe" from the Tate Collections. It looks like a technical drawing of playground equipment, but it feels strangely deserted. What can you tell me about its context? Curator: Well, Noble is known for creating entire fictional worlds through detailed drawings. This piece reflects a broader trend in contemporary art where artists critique institutional spaces. How does the drawing style itself contribute to this feeling? Editor: The precision makes it seem like an architectural plan, devoid of life. It’s almost sterile. Do you think that’s intentional? Curator: Absolutely. The hyper-realistic depiction contrasts with the fantastic structure, highlighting the often-unfulfilled promises of utopian design in public spaces. It makes you consider who designs these spaces, and for whom. Editor: That gives me a lot to consider. I’ll never look at a playground the same way again. Curator: Exactly, it transforms the mundane into a site of critical inquiry.
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Playframe is one of twenty works produced by contemporary artists for the Cubitt Print Box in 2000. Cubitt is an artist-run gallery and studio complex in north London. In 2001 the complex moved from King’s Cross to Islington and the prints were commissioned as part of a drive to raise funds to help finance the move, and to support future exhibitions and events at the new gallery space. All the artists who contributed to the project had previously taken part in Cubitt’s programme. The portfolio was produced in an edition of 100 with twenty artists’ proofs; Tate’s copy is number sixty-six in the series.
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