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Hew Locke > Project InfoHEW LOCKE: Cardboard Palace24.04.02 - 02.06.02 Cardboard Palace, Hew Locke's commission for Chisenhale Gallery, was a vast architectural construction that investigated the traditions of British culture and heritage. The piece resonated strongly with issues surrounding the nation's monarchy - at a time when the UK was marking the Queen's golden jubilee. Cardboard Palace was ambitious and complex, and brought together key strands of Locke's practice to date into a significant and beguiling new work. Locke created a chaotic but beautiful structure, in which visitors negotiated a series of loosely defined spaces. As viewers passed through a fantastical maze they witnessed a series of cardboard images of the Royal Family, delicately intertwined with cut-out texts alluding to packaging, export and commodity culture. Cardboard Palace also drew on a multitude of references including sacred, Caribbean, Rococo, Islamic and Rajput architecture, as well as drawing on Victorian grottoes, carousels and funfairs. Hew Locke completed his MA at the Royal College of Art in 1994, and had a solo installation at The Horniman Museum, London in March 2002. In 2000 Locke exhibited the installation Hemmed In Too at the V&A Museum. In the same year he received an East International Award and a Paul Hamlyn Award. Hew Locke: Cardboard Palace was commissioned by Chisenhale Gallery and supported by The Henry Moore Foundation. |
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