The art of imagination on a grand scale

There's something about the scale of the work by these two artists that takes a simple idea and makes it profound.

Heather Benning re-imagines an abandoned farmhouse as a gigantic dollhouse, while Doris Salcedo uses the humble wooden chair to make a searing political statement.

Both artists are working with the memory of objects - pieces of furniture suffused with the sights and sounds and smells of the people who used them so that, in their re-use as sculpture, we see not only the object, but the memories it throws in our faces. Beautiful stuff.

(above) The Dollhouse by Heather Bennings. Photo credit Heather Bennings

(above) Instillation by Doris Salcedo. Photo credit: Sergio Cavijo