Butterfly 2003

Curator: Richard Wilson's "Butterfly" is a mixed media work held in the Tate Collections, showing various photographs, plans, and notes pinned onto a board. It feels like a study or proposal. Editor: There's an eerie calm about it, like a forgotten dream of flight amidst industrial decay. The collage suggests a journey, yet it’s all so fragmented. Curator: Wilson often explores architectural interventions and disruptions. This work seems to allude to the uneasy relationship between ambition, progress, and the urban landscape. The airplane, a symbol of freedom, contrasts starkly with the industrial backdrops. Editor: It's as if the plane's longing to escape this urban sprawl, yearning for open skies. There's an ache for possibility, caged within the rigidity of the design sketches. Curator: Indeed, this piece provokes reflections on utopian ideals, infrastructure, and how those intersect with individual aspirations within contemporary society. Editor: It really makes you wonder about the dance between imagination and reality, and how sometimes dreams remain suspended, pinned down.