An impressive 80-foot blue polystyrene foam shelf wraps around the four sides of the gallery, its surface intricately sculptured by Ms. Tse into a series of abstract topographical designs that suggest miniature land- or cityscapes, ancient and futuristic.
An impressive 80-foot blue polystyrene foam shelf wraps around the four sides of the gallery, its surface intricately sculptured by Ms. Tse into a series of abstract topographical descapes, ancient and futuristic.The shelf sections also resemble the cushioning used for packaging electronics.
When, in the late 60s and early 70s, Patti Smith was working in bookstores in New York, often having to choose between art supplies and lunch, she stacked National Book Award-winning books on shelves, wrapped them up for customers, sold them.
We were standing at the door of the virology lab, where the new P.C.R. Cobas TaqMan 48, made by Roche and sold for roughly fifty thousand dollars, was resting on a shelf, still wrapped in its shipping material.
As for pragmatic issues, the Thunderbird has a C-shaped shelf that wraps behind the rear seats and is large enough to hold four bags of groceries.
The shelves are wrapped in certified zero-deforestation leather from Brazil and the alcoves are clad in repurposed sheet aluminium.
A pottery mould of Sir Winston Churchill is taken from a wooden shelf, dusted down, wrapped in cling film and bubble wrap and carefully placed into a crate.
Japan's cities are full of conveniences made for one, from stand-up noodle bars to capsule hotels to the ubiquitous konbini (convenience stores), with their shelves of individually wrapped rice balls and disposable underwear.
Publishers and booksellers are expecting that instead of giving your mother a new Nicholas Sparks novel or your father a David Baldacci thriller in the hardcovers that traditionally fly off the shelves and into wrapping paper at this time of year, you might elect to convert them to e-reading.
