Frieze Sculpture Presents a Bevy of Public Art, From Brightly Colored Sun Dials to Humorous Banal Signage

These two artists have created ten Beckettian signs that resemble public signage but subvert its typical bossiness with deadpan, absurd messages such as “You are reading these words,” “Daylight,” or “Some Thing to Look At.” Wood and Harrison have collaborated since 1993 and are renowned for their comical, meticulously choreographed performance videos that draw on the legacies of Dada, Minimalism, and performance art. This work invites us to reflect on the ubiquity of the signage that orders our lives with banal instructions and information and to ponder its purpose.