The Shape of Things to Come

“Personally, I am embracing (most) of this new approach to sculpture, though I hope the crumpled car is not the shape of things to come for me.”

The Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York's HQ, King's Road, London SW3 4SQ | More information

The interior of The Saatchi Gallery is surely the platonic ideal of a modern art space: ascetic, white, domineering. To date its walls have favoured paintings but this latest exhibition sees the gallery lend its warren of rooms to the medium of sculpture, for the very first time. Incidentally, I use the term ‘sculpture’ loosely; our perception of sculpture might encapsulate the works of Rebecca Warren – which do at least utilise clay – but the term ‘three dimensional works’ might be more appropriate given that the works range from crumpled cars to structures made from neon lights. It is this transition towards a new definition of sculpture that the title of the show is getting at: the shape of things to come . But the space works brilliantly throwing the works into relief with gusto. The dynamism – created through the use of shapes, colours and irregular matter – protrudes from Saatchi’s otherwise stark and neutral space in a dramatic and enthralling way, encouraging you to question the definition of sculpture, the boundaries of art and where the hell it could go next.

The Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture consists of work by 20 leading and emerging international artists. The exhibition has something for everyone with works using almost every material, utilising every method and working on every scale from the expected to the giant – literally.

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