Miroslaw Balka480 x 10 x 10 2000

480 x 10 x 10 is a sculpture made of used bars of soap strung on a steel cable hung vertically from the ceiling. The 473 cakes of soap of different dimensions, colours and fragrances are threaded sequentially, like beads on a string, to create a narrow column of soap measuring 480cm long and a maximum of 10cm wide, from which the work’s title is derived. The soaps are prevented from sliding off the end of the five-metre cable by a short loop and a steel bolt. Torsion in the cable causes the length of soaps to curve slightly upwards at the bottom end. The colour white predominates, interrupted by deep red, pink, yellow, turquoise, blue-greens and brown… (read more)