Artist Alex Chinneck Unzips an Abandoned Building in England

Alex Chinneck returns with a surreal new installation entitled Open To The Public in Kent, England. The latest piece sees a pair of giant zippers ripping the walls of a soon-to-be-demolished office building wide open. The 26-foot artwork pays homage to the establishment which was once a leather and textile manufacturer. It took Chinneck two months to complete the architectural sculpture. "There is a history of textile that fed into the language of the zip," he told Dezeen. "The building presente...