Transformable Structures

Cornelia Parker filled a garden shed with objects from car boot sales and then blew it up. She reconstructed the event by suspending the resulting pieces from wires. The way the installation was lit and the changing shadows were an integral part of the piece.
Debbie Smyth is a textile artist who works with pins and thread. She often depicts mechanical structures such as electricity pylons (below) and bridges.
Fernand Leger was influenced by both Cubism and the Futurists. He was interested in the rapidly developing city and above all the structure of the scaffolding.
Mathematician and artist Zachary Abel makes small scale sculptures out of simple everyday objects like paper clips, toothpicks and playing cards.