Phyllida Barlow: folly in the British pavilion

Phyllida Barlow works on a monumental scale using the most unmonumental of materials. Her giant, often precarious-looking sculptures are constructed from everyday stuffcardboard and concrete, plastic sheeting and wooden offcuts, gaffer tape and polystyrenewhich is vigorously manipulated and often vividly painted to form energetic, rumbustious environments. This septuagenarian dynamo has long been respected among British artists, many of whomincluding Martin Creed and Rachel Whitereadshe taught