Pieces (Art Installation)

'Pieces' is a diptych by the British artist and sculptor Baldrick Buckle. It was exhibited at the Europlaza, Pakhuis De Zwijger Amsterdam in 2007. One half consists of a room containing over 20 million individual jigsaw puzzle pieces and the other consists of a cube built from approximately 8000 empty jigsaw puzzle boxes. An article about the installation and an interview with the artist was published in "NRC Handelsblad", a Dutch national newspaper.

A version of 'Pieces' that included a car, a caravan, a gin & tonic bar and a market stall was also commissioned and exhibited by the organisers of the [http://www.artcarbootfair.com/ Art Car Boot Fair] 2007, held in London's Brick Lane. The installation was extensively captured by users of Flickr.com and on [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A24709854 BBC Collective] and was also used as the backdrop to a Richard & Judy television feature on the event.

External links

* [http://www.gerritrietveldacademie.nl/index.php?id=1179 'Pieces' - images]
* [http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=%27Pieces%27+-+Art+Car+Boot+Fair+&m=text 'Pieces' at Art Car Boot Fair 2007 - images (on Flickr.com)]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/collective/gallery/2/static.shtml?collection=artcarbootsale&
'Pieces' - Buckle Portrait - BBC Collective]