Tabernas Desert Run

Simon Starling (born 1967)

Gallery of Modern Art

2004

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.

• Medium: perspex, bike, painting
• Dimensions: 170 x 224 x 62cm
• Grant Paid: £20000 ( Total: £42500)
• ArtFunded in: 2005
• Vendor: The Modern Institute

Provenance

The Modern Institute, Glasgow, 2004.

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