The Ruins of Nuclear Winter

Nuclear winter slathered down across the world like a rain of torrential lead paint, bowing our cities beneath it. Ceilings and structures collapsed under the deluge, walls crumbled, and humanity was washed away by a tide of toxic white sludge.

Gerry Judah sculpts the apocalypse. He builds out minutely detailed architectural models of buildings, then destructs them with a flood of white paint- leaving the canvas pitted, scored, and crusted with ruins. The sculptures are then hung on their sides in galleries, where viewers can peer deep through the blasted roofs and into the hollow bones of his work.

A sweeping view. Image from Gerry Judah.

Judah is of Jewish Iraqi descent, but grew up in India, where the ornate temples, mosques and synagogues of Calcutta fired his imagination. We can see that deep passion for detail reflected in these apocalyptic works- every snippet of detail is clearly there by design: from curls of snapped power line to twisted satellite dishes.

Stunning attention to detail. Image from Gerry Judah.

Judah has done work for the British Museum, the Imperial Art Museum, the BBC, for Paul McCartney, for the Who, been exhibited in numerous prestigious locations, and yearly produces a stunning macro sculpture for the Goodwood Festival of Speed.