david batchelor: slugfest

‘slugfest’ by david batchelor, 2012 images courtesy © galeria leme and david batchelor

david batchelor: slugfest galeria leme, sao paulo, brazil february 28th, 2012 until march 31st, 2012

designboom has received images of the london-based artist david batchelor’s show ‘slugfest’, a light and scrap-metal exhibition for galeria leme. most pieces showcased are formed from industrial steel pipes ranging in a few inches to nearly 6.5 feet in length which were gathered from junk-yards just outside sao paulo. the angled, curved or straight pipes rest on the gallery floor and are decorated at either end with neon tube lights lining the interior rim of each vacant circle, the artificial light refracting off of the finished concrete ground.

‘resembling clusters of glowing industrial fossils, the works combine the old, rusted and abandoned with the vivid luminosity of commercial neon light.‘ -galeria leme

the largest pieces in the installation are 6.5 ft in length

each of the pipe-framed lights are powered by a standard electrical socket