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Playground 

Daniel Arsham

Installation view of Daniel Arsham, 'Playground' at 200 Gertrude Street
Installation view of Daniel Arsham, 'Playground' at 200 Gertrude Street

12 October -
10 November 2007

200 Gertrude Street

200 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy

For Playground Daniel Arsham created an unsettling environment where the body is submerged by the architecture that encapsulates it. Of his own work Arsham states “My work believes that architecture is malleable. That surfaces are more about defining the boundaries of a space than enclosing it. As walls and floors and ceilings insulate, they create intimacy and scale. Their purpose is to provide comfort, not enclosure. Whether I paint or sculpt I aim to transform space and toy with preconceptions of boundaries drawn between nature and architecture."

Melbourne International Festival of the Arts

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Gertrude Contemporary

Wurundjeri Country
21-31 High Street
Preston South VIC
Melbourne, Australia

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Tuesday–Sunday 11am–5pm

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Wurundjeri Country
44 Glasshouse Road
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Melbourne, Australia

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