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Roger Hiorns

The Birth of the Architect, 2003

8-series BMW engine, steel, card and copper sulphate
245 x 135 x 85 cm

Comprised of a BMW 8-series car engine and a model of a cathedral, with each part covered in blue crystals The Birth of the Architect by British sculptor Roger Hiorns conveys a baroque-like decadence. The transformative treatment of the surface suggests the idea of a religious relic, an object of spiritual devotion contrasting against their reality as “industrial waste.”

*1975 Birmingham, UK