Dimensions: displayed: 4130 x 1130 x 1270 mm
Copyright: © Richard Wentworth | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: This is Richard Wentworth’s “35°9,32°18,” a ladder sculpture held at the Tate. It’s so… wonky! The ladder seems to almost melt. What do you make of it? Curator: It’s a deliberate act of defamiliarization, isn't it? A ladder’s purpose is to ascend, but here, it’s rendered useless, almost absurd. It makes you question function, form, and our expectations of everyday objects. It’s like finding poetry in the mundane. Editor: Poetry, huh? Curator: Yes, a quiet, slightly melancholic poetry. Did it make you smile a little? Editor: It did! I see it now. Thanks! Curator: My pleasure. It made me smile too.
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This is a work which plays on tension and illusion. The tall steel ladder was retrieved from a scrap heap. The cable ladder looks as though it could be the shadow of the steel ladder, but its form is more wayward. The sculpture was made for an exhibition in Israel. The title is a map reference. The artist relates that he asked a student in Israel if one could locate the place of Jacob's dream as related in the Bible (Genesis 28,10). 'Oh yes he said, I'll have it for you tomorrow morning, and that gave the work its title; fable and military precision in one'. Jacob's dream was of a ladder from earth to heaven. Gallery label, August 2004
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