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*Man Pointing* (French: *L'Homme au doigt*) is a 1947 bronze sculpture by Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti. The roughly six-foot-tall work depicts a dramatically elongated, emaciated male figure isolated on a base, capturing the existentialist post-war aesthetic for which Giacometti is known. It is r...
Roy Lichtenstein's Whaam! (1963) is a large-scale Pop Art diptych based on a DC Comics panel depicting an aerial combat scene, measuring over 13 feet wide and held permanently at the Tate Modern, London.
Pelagos is a 1946 sculpture by Barbara Hepworth held in the collection of the Tate. The work is carved from painted wood and fitted with taut strings that suggest internal volume and the curve of an enclosing form. Its title means "sea" in Greek, and it is associated with the coastline of Cornwall,...
Shibboleth was a site-specific art installation created by Colombian sculptor Doris Salcedo for the Turbine Hall of the Tate Modern in London in 2007. The work consisted of a 548-foot-long subterranean crack that traversed the concrete floor of the gallery space. Salcedo intended the fissure as a re...
*Marsyas* is a monumental site-specific sculpture created by Anish Kapoor for the Unilever Series in Tate Modern's Turbine Hall in 2002. The installation measured 155 meters in length and consisted of a vast red PVC membrane stretched between three massive steel rings. Named after the satyr from Gre...
Arch of Hysteria is a bronze sculpture created by French-American artist Louise Bourgeois in 1993. The artwork depicts a male figure suspended horizontally in mid-air, with its body arched backwards in a pose historically associated with medical diagnoses of female hysteria. The polished finish and...
"Cell (Eyes and Mirrors)" is a sculptural installation created by French-American artist Louise Bourgeois between 1989 and 1993. The work is part of her broader "Cells" series, which utilizes architectural enclosures made of steel, glass, and found objects to stage isolated, psychologically charged...
Column is a 1923 constructivist sculpture by Naum Gabo, notable for using transparent modern materials to create a vertical form around open space.
Construction in Space with Crystalline Centre is a constructivist work by Naum Gabo, notable for using transparent planes to define volume without mass.
Embankment is Rachel Whiteread's 2005 Tate Modern Turbine Hall installation, built from about 14,000 translucent casts of cardboard boxes.
Equivalent VIII is Carl Andre's 1966 arrangement of 120 firebricks, notable for sparking Britain's 1976 public debate over minimalist art.
