With internationally-renowned British artist Jim Lambie, musical sources and inspirations are never hard to discern. His visual, as well as verbal vocabulary, often borrow from music describing the 1960s and 70s junk he uses in his work as having “a universal resonance.”

Lambie compares his floor tape work and the solid objects they incorporate in terms of a jazz ensemble, comparing the tape to the “baseline played by the drums and bass” and the pieces placed on top to the “guitar and vocals.” Many of his titles frequently refer to iconic bands and song lyrics. The Doors, Morrison Hotel, (2005) which consists of several doors reconstructed into one large zigzagging pink door, and Careless Whisper, (2009) which depicts the 1984 collaged image of The Goss-Michael Foundation co-founder George Michael, are perfect examples of the themes and wordplay recurring in his work.

September 3rd marks the end of the five-month running exhibition by Lambie including one of his famous floor piece titled Zobop. The colorful floor made from vinyl tape, use of everyday objects and strong musical references have grown to become Lambie’s signature mark as an artist. He refers to these works as sculptures, equating them with his more conventionally sculptural pieces and suggesting that they serve in an equivalent way to occupy and transform space.