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  • Edward Krasiński 1925–2004
  • Untitled (Bez tytułu) 1968–2001
  • Twelve mirrors and blue Scotch tape
  • Each mirror: 500 x 600 mm, overall display dimensions variable
  • Presented by Tate Patrons 2007
  • © The estate of Edward Krasiński
  • T12558
Edward Krasiński

Edward Krasiński is considered to be one of Poland’s most significant neo-avant-garde artists. From 1969 he used blue Scotch tape as his signature motif to mark out and unify objects in space. Untitled is a room installation consisting of twelve suspended mirrors of equal size. The back of each mirror is painted black, with a single, horizontal strip of blue tape pasted across it. This line extends on to the walls of the gallery in which the work is shown and the strips of tape, both on the walls and on the mirrors, are ‘hung’ at a fixed height of 130cm. The work expresses Krasiński’s key themes of infinity, space and perception. The mirrors produce reflections of the surrounding architecture, the austere black versos of other mirrors and the constant blue line, creating an extraordinary illusory sensation in which space appears to recede and advance. The viewer is also implicated in this equation, interrupting the field and thereby drawing attention to the dependency between spectator, object and gallery environment.

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