Underground Holborn 1972

Curator: This is Gerd Winner's, "Underground Holborn", from the Tate Collections. Isn't it evocative? Editor: It's a visual poem, really. The converging lines create this vortex, pulling you into the tunnel's secrets. You feel the echoing silence, the weight of the city above. Curator: Winner was fascinated by urban spaces and their impact. The London Underground became a recurrent motif, a symbol of modern life. Editor: The posters lining the tunnel walls add to this sense of being immersed in the everyday. I wonder, what is it about the everyday that becomes such an important subject? Curator: It's the theater of the real, I suppose. Editor: Winner lets us pause and reflect, offering a moment of quiet contemplation. Curator: Absolutely, and it makes you wonder about the unseen stories of all those who pass through. Editor: It definitely makes you think.