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