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  • Dior window displays by Alex Chinneck

    Alex Chinneck references American streetscapes in surreal Dior window displays

    Knotted clocks and twisted cars are among 14 sculptures that British artist Alex Chinneck has created for the windows of Dior stores in New York and Los Angeles. More about Alex Chinneck references American streetscapes in surreal Dior window displays

    Alyn Griffiths | 28 May 2026 | Leave a comment
  • A Week at the Knees by Alex Chinneck at Clerkenwell Design Week

    Alex Chinneck creates undulating house to bring sense of "playful escapism" to Clerkenwell Design Week

    Artist Alex Chinneck has designed A Week at the Knees, a rippling installation that looks like a historic Georgian brick house sitting down, for Clerkenwell Design Week in London. More about Alex Chinneck creates undulating house to bring sense of "playful escapism" to Clerkenwell Design Week

    Cajsa Carlson | 20 May 2025 | Leave a comment
  • Distorted street furniture

    Alex Chinneck creates distorted street furniture to bring "surrealism into the public realm"

    British artist Alex Chinneck has designed knotted lampposts, a twisted telephone booth and a constricted postbox as playful public sculptures in Bristol, England. More about Alex Chinneck creates distorted street furniture to bring "surrealism into the public realm"

    Jane Englefield | 11 November 2024 | Leave a comment
  • Alex Chinneck loop-de-loop canal boat in Sheffield

    Alex Chinneck unveils loop-the-loop canal boat in Sheffield

    British artist Alex Chinneck has created a six-metre-high, looped canal boat on the Sheffield & Tinsley Canal in England as a "playful distortion of the familiar". More about Alex Chinneck unveils loop-the-loop canal boat in Sheffield

    Tom Ravenscroft | 12 September 2024 | Leave a comment
  • Alex Chinneck unzips a building in Milan's Tortona district

    Alex Chinneck unzips a building in Milan's Tortona district

    British artist Alex Chinneck has unveiled an installation that sees an old Milanese building ripped open by giant zips. More about Alex Chinneck unzips a building in Milan's Tortona district

    Augusta Pownall | 9 April 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Alex Chinneck unzips the walls of a building in latest installation

    Alex Chinneck unzips the walls of a condemned office building

    The walls of a soon-to-be-demolished office building in Kent, England, appear to have been zipped open in this installation by artist Alex Chinneck. More about Alex Chinneck unzips the walls of a condemned office building

    Gunseli Yalcinkaya | 1 August 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Six Pins and Half a Dozen Needles by Alex Chinneck

    Alex Chinneck creates giant rip in the brick facade of a London building

    British artist Alex Chinneck has unveiled his first permanent public installation – a 10-tonne ripped page made from 4,000 bricks. More about Alex Chinneck creates giant rip in the brick facade of a London building

    Emma Tucker | 31 July 2017 | 28 comments
  • Alex Chinneck Christmas tree at Kings Cross

    Alex Chinneck traps Christmas tree inside gigantic ice cube

    British artist Alex Chinneck has seemingly frozen a Christmas tree inside a huge ice cube in London's Kings Cross. More about Alex Chinneck traps Christmas tree inside gigantic ice cube

    Alice Morby | 2 December 2016 | Leave a comment
  • A bullet from a shooting star by Alex Chinneck

    Alex Chinneck unveils installation modelled on upside-down electricity pylon

    London Design Festival 2015: British artist Alex Chinneck has revealed a 35-metre-tall latticed steel sculpture resembling an upside-down electricity pylon for this year's London Design Festival (+ slideshow). More about Alex Chinneck unveils installation modelled on upside-down electricity pylon

    Jessica Mairs | 17 September 2015 | Leave a comment
  • A Bullet From A Shooting Star by Alex Chinneck

    London Design Festival reveals installations for 2015

    London Design Festival 2015: David Adjaye, Alex Chinneck and Mischer'Traxler are among the designers set to create installations for this year's London Design Festival, which will include an electricity pylon turned on its head and a courtyard filled with mirrors (+ slideshow). More about London Design Festival reveals installations for 2015

    Jessica Mairs | 13 May 2015 | 1 comment
  • Alex Chinneck for Vauxhall Motors Pick yourself up and pull yourself

    Parked car is upended on a tarmac wave in Alex Chinneck installation

    A section of tarmac appears to have been peeled back from the surface of a car park at London's Southbank Centre, suspending a car upside down in artist Alex Chinneck's latest illusionary installation (+ slideshow). More about Parked car is upended on a tarmac wave in Alex Chinneck installation

    Dan Howarth | 19 February 2015 | Leave a comment
  • Take my lightning but don’t steal my thunder by Alex Chinneck

    Alex Chinneck performs architectural "magic trick" with Covent Garden building installation

    A piece of the historic Covent Garden market appears to have broken free of its stone base, with its top half levitating in the air, in the latest installation by London designer Alex Chinneck. More about Alex Chinneck performs architectural "magic trick" with Covent Garden building installation

    Anna Winston | 2 October 2014 | 1 comment
  • Miner on the Moon by Alex Chinneck is an upside-down building in London

    London building turned upside down by Alex Chinneck

    This London building appears to have been turned on its head, but it's actually an installation created by Hackney artist Alex Chinneck. More about London building turned upside down by Alex Chinneck

    Amy Frearson | 6 December 2013 | 9 comments
  • From the Knees of my Nose to the Belly of my Toes by Alex Chinneck

    From the Knees of my Nose to the Belly of my Toes by Alex Chinneck

    The facade of this house in the English seaside town of Margate appears to slump down into the front yard (+ movie). More about From the Knees of my Nose to the Belly of my Toes by Alex Chinneck

    Rose Etherington | 1 October 2013 | 11 comments
  • A Pound of Flesh for 50p by Alex Chinneck

    A Pound of Flesh for 50p (study) by Alex Chinneck

    Hackney artist Alex Chinneck has created a wall that melts in the sun as part of his research for a project to build a melting house. More about A Pound of Flesh for 50p (study) by Alex Chinneck

    Amy Frearson | 23 April 2013 | 1 comment
  • Telling the Truth Through False Teeth by Alex Chinneck

    Telling the Truth Through False Teeth by Alex Chinneck

    Hackney-based artist Alex Chinneck has fitted identically smashed windows into a derelict factory just a mile away from the Olympic Stadium (+ slideshow). More about Telling the Truth Through False Teeth by Alex Chinneck

    Emilie Chalcraft | 18 July 2012 | 8 comments

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