Rebecca’s Flat
- Words
- Hannah Edwards
Iain Baxter& reconfigured his seminal work ‘Bagged Place’ from 1966, in ‘Rebecca’s Flat’ on the top floor of 56 Artillery Lane. ‘Rebecca’s Flat’ is a remarkable period apartment which was given to Raven Row, a non-profit contemporary art exhibition centre, by her family after she passed away.
+ Read MoreWrapping the whole flat and everything it holds in plastic and preserving it how it was before Rebecca Levy died, Baxter&’s installation seems to have set up a mournful yet curiously clean effect. As one of the founders of conceptual art Baxter created a place in which time seems to has stopped. Once loved and personal things are now wrapped in plastic, preserved and presented to the public.
All images © Marcus J. Leith | Via: Little Histories
