Sunday Afternoon II 1972

Curator: Gerd Winner’s "Sunday Afternoon II" presents a stark industrial scene, residing here in the Tate collection, and rendered as an image measuring 959 by 658 millimeters. Editor: It’s got this heavy, brooding feel—almost like a stage set, but for a play about urban decay. Curator: Winner was very interested in the visual culture of industrial spaces and how those spaces get used in a public context. Editor: The crane feels oddly poised, frozen mid-action, or perhaps in anticipation of something. Curator: Consider how post-war artists used industrial imagery to represent working-class life in Europe. Editor: It makes me wonder what stories those silent walls could tell. Curator: I think Winner captures something essential about the modern urban experience. Editor: Yes, a reminder that even in stillness, there's a story unfolding.