Tim Noble & Sue Webster

TIM NOBLE & SUE WEBSTER

OUR BEAUTIFUL RUBBISH HEAP

Tim Noble & Sue Webster create unorthodox and visually seductive comments on today's consumerist and narcissist society.

 

Falling Apart, 2001

Description
A formless nugget of junk has been joined, seemingly haphazard, and placed on a pedestal.  However a light source reveals the meticulous construction: a sharply delineated silhouette of two people's profiles is cast on the wall. The profiles are self-portraits of the artists.

 

About the work
Noble & Webster's art embodies, as Noble himself says "your worst nightmare as to what art can be" - their sculptures are vulgar, aggressive and seemingly more pop than the Grammys yet also contrasting and ambiguous.
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Noble & Websters' art in general
As do many artists of their generation, Noble & Webster have a keen interest in the everyday around them. This everyday and its significance to one’s identity form the basis of their art.
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Literature
"Tim Noble & Sue Webster. Instant Gratification", Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, 2001
"Tim Noble & Sue Webster. The New Barbarians", Pale Green Press, London, 1999