Jim lambie graduated from the glasgow school of art 1990 1994 with a 2 1 honours bachelor of arts degree.
Jim lambie floor installation.
This ephemeral site specific installation used brightly coloured vinyl tape to trace and accentuate the architectural nuances of the building.
Instances of the work typically consist of seven eight or nine bright colours of vinyl tape applied to the floor in concentric lines that conform to the pre existing architectural layout of the spaces in which zobop is installed.
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Collectively titled zobop jim lambie s vinyl tape installations mark off floors and stairs with colorful and repeating patterns typically consisting of seven to nine rotating hues.
Since 1999 the glasgow based artist jim lambie 1964 has used glossy tape in varying colors to build floor installations such as touch zobop 2003.
Zobop is the collective title of an ongoing series of psychedelic floor designs by the scottish artist jim lambie.
In the upstairs gallery is a new installation sleeper in which a railway sleeper has been raised off the floor at one end by means of a wire threaded with beads.
Lambie s floor art is done using differently colored duct tape that runs in straight lines to form colorful repetitive patterns that change the visual dynamics of a space in a big way.
He is perhaps most famous for his colorful and mesmerizing floor tapestries.
He once played in the glaswegian band the boy.
Lambie s 1999 installation zobop consists of vinyl strips of tape that follow the contours of the space creating a dizzying environment highlighting the floor space.
Jun 5 2013 this pin was discovered by allison carithers.
For the 19th biennale of sydney 2014 well known glaswegian artist jim lambie transformed the level 1 gallery space at the museum of contemporary art australia with one of his signature zobop floor works.
James lambie born 1964 in glasgow scotland is a contemporary visual artist and was shortlisted for the 2005 turner prize with an installation called mental oyster.
The site specific works conform to the architectural outline of each space tracing the sharp edges of moulding or square bases of monumental columns.
He lives and works in glasgow and also operates as a musician and dj.