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On a Brighton brick building, an exterior staircase by Alexander Chinneck unfolds in metallic ribbons, serving as both a promenade and a spectacular sculpture. A Spring in Your Step, a new work by the British artist, is constructed of galvanized steel and features a base with bars that gradually unfold into a trio of bands spanning Circus Square.
Chinneck is recognized for his unusual architectural interventions, such as melting facades, a condemned building that unzips, and twisting red post boxes, which subvert commonplace designs with weird alternatives. "'A Spring in Your Step' took three years to build, weighs four tonnes, stands 25 meters tall, and follows a non-repeating, expanding, and contracting helical form, making it my most complicated sculpture to date," he says of the latest piece.
At a brick building in Brighton, an outdoor staircase by Alexander Chinneck unfurls into metallic ribbons, serving as both a promenade and a dramatic sculpture. "A Spring in Your Step," a new work by the British artist, is constructed of galvanized steel and has a base with slatted rungs that progressively unfold into a trio of strips splaying outward over Circus Square.
Jean Dubreil