Executed in 2012, Untitled is an archetypal example of British-born, New York based artist Adam McEwen's graphite works. Cast from blocks of machine-chiseled graphite, the recognizable form of an ordinary metal shuttered gate takes on an entirely new identity, becoming both aesthetically and conceptually significant. Rendered entirely in dense, dark grey carbon, every detail of this specifically designed object has been faithfully recreated, while the very purpose of its existence, its working function, has been immobilized. Replicated in its original size and installed in such a way that it is experienced in as life-like way as possible, McEwen's radical treatment of an everyday object, habitual to most, commonly ...