Pars pro Toto is an architectural installation based on the traditional 18th century garden folly. Informed by the design principles of Andrea Palladio, it plays with the symmetry, perspective and values of classical Roman and Greek architecture, as well as the romantic ideas found in informal British garden design.
Pars pro Toto is built entirely from recycled plastic waste. Combining the bi-product of our excessive consumerism, with the classic Roman temple design that embodies the styles and lasting ideals of democracy, philosophy and shared values, the work juxtaposes two opposing results of our Western culture.
As an artistic contribution to the on-going public debate surrounding the UK leaving the European Union and the recent political developments in the USA, Pars pro Toto questions our current understanding of culture, value systems and populist democratic decisions.
Wolfgang Weileder is an artist whose practice is primarily concerned with the examination and critical deconstruction of architecture, public spaces and the interactions we have with the urban environment. His works are investigations into the relationship between time and space, the interface between permanence and transience, and how these can be explored to question our understanding of the landscape, both built and natural.His work engages with the world through large-scale, temporary site-specific installation and sculpture; temporal recordings of spaces and environments through photography; film, performance and sound installation.Wolfgang Weileder is originally from Munich, Germany. He moved to the UK in 2000 and is currently Professor in Contemporary Sculpture at Newcastle University

Inauguration : March 2, 2018 at 3.30 pm

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