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Title Anya Gallaccio: From chocolate walls to wilting flowers - the art of decline, decay and transformation Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet The Conversation Media type Web Duration/Length/Size 2 Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 27/11/24 Description There is an empty shop on the high street of Paisley, Scotland, that has walls painted entirely in melted dark chocolate. It’s not far from the hospital in which the former Young British Artist, Turner nominee and painter of the chocolate, Anya Gallaccio, was born in 1963.
Famous for her sculptural explorations of decay, Gallaccio has created Stroke, a multi-sensory experience of chocolate, using the vacant shop as a comment on the post-industrial hollowing out of a town with a proud manufacturing past. It stands as an example of how art can positively transform disused spaces into places of immersive exploration that stimulate discussion about the past and the future.Producer/Author Kosmala Katarzyna URL https://theconversation.com/anya-gallaccio-from-chocolate-walls-to-wilting-flowers-the-art-of-decline-decay-and-transformation-243459 Persons Katarzyna Kosmala
Keywords
- artist approach
- Jupiter Artland
- Anya Gallaccio
- Turner Contemporary
- community engagement
- transformation