Tim Noble & Sue Webster use of neon and flashing light directs us toward what we desire like a divine beacon. Toxic Schizophrenia, a titanic pierced heart sculptural emblem, is a site specific commission for MCA DENVER. “The concept of the emblem is central to art: An emblem that can represent faith and fidelity, love as well as hate, fear as well as resolution, understanding and ignorance, sophistication and vulgarity, waste and value, friendship and alienation, male and female, negative and positive. In other words, an endless string of opposites that can tear the world apart or hold it together. Excerpt from Norman Rosenthal’s essay The Magic Arts of Noble & Webster from the catalogue Wasted Youth.

Tim Noble & Sue Webster were both born in the United Kingdom, Noble in 1966 and Webster in 1967. Both currently live and work in London, United Kingdom. Both Noble and Webster received their BA from Nottingham Polytechnic, United Kingdom. They have exhibited their work at the Institute of Contemporary Art, London, United Kingdom; Royal Academy of Art, London, United Kingdom; Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; and Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.

Above: Toxic Schizophrenia (Hyper Version), 2007, 1040 colored turbo reflector caps, lamps and holders, glass fiber, steel, transparent, resin, LED strips, paint, DMX controlled relay sequencer, heart, 127 x 48 x 171 1/2 inches (sword & drips), 384 inches (including pole.) Photo by Dean Kaufman.