It seems as though the 184-year-old market building
has been torn off and is levitating with a large gap between the broken 'stone'
walls, pillars and doors.
The installation, named Take my Lightning but Don't
steal my Thunder, was created by the artist Alex Chinneck, who is well known
for creating optical illusions.
The stunning artwork replicates
Covent Garden's historic Market Building perfectly but makes it appear if it
has broken free of its foundations.
Artist Alex Chinneck created illusion using heavy counterweight strong
enough to support the top section. The building is made by a lot of polystyrene
and 16 tonnes of steel. It is understood to have taken 500 hours to paint using
special digital techniques and was designed to resemble the existing
architecture in the area.
“I wanted to play on the theatricality of this area,
and make something physically extraordinary,” he says.
Photo Credit: Daily Mail
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