Tabernas Desert Run
Artist: Simon Starling (born 1967)
Location: Gallery of Modern Art
Date: 2004
Materials: perspex, bike, painting
Dimensions: 170 x 224 x 62cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £20,000 (Total: £42,500)
Vendor: The Modern Institute
Review number: 5651 (2005)
Provenance:
The Modern Institute, Glasgow, 2004.
Description:
The viewer is first confronted by a familiar bicycle with an odd home made 'engine' in a vitrine which immediately conveys a sense of preciousness. The back of the vitrine has a watercolour of a cactus. There are references to environmental protection, old western movies, museum presentation methods and the charm of DIY transport. Starling crossed the Tabernas Desert in Spain on a bicycle powered by compressed hydrogen in September 2004. The only biproduct of the journey was water which was used to produce the cactus painting. Nominated for the Turner prize, 2005.
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