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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Esther Addley

‘I never want to leave’: the immersive exhibition where art breaks free

A family enjoys the Frameless exhibition in Marble Arch, London.
A family enjoys the Frameless exhibition in Marble Arch, London. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

In a large, empty underground room in central London, a baby is crawling along a mirrored floor while hundreds of Salvador Dalí’s clock faces melt and dribble beside, above and – so it appears at least – below him. To some this could be disconcerting; the child, however, appears delighted, scooting gleefully towards a mirrored column to plant a slobbery kiss on his own reflection.

Elsewhere in the room, a girl is twirling; in the centre their mothers sit on the floor, chatting quietly while enormous projections of works by GiuseppeArcimboldo, Henri Rousseau and Edvard Munch twist and animate on every surface around them.

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