The Hayward Gallery asked seven artists to curate a room with a perspective on the recent past. Their response forms the current exhibition, History is Now. Richard Wentworth focused on the Cold War era, the sentiment of which is manifested most strikingly in the six tonne Bloodhound missile he installed in front of the gallery's facade. It is an installation of dazzling orchestral complexity- a cacophony of historic events silenced by Wentworth's army of art.
The other artists: Hannah Sarkey, the Wilson sisters, Roger Hiorn, John Akomfrah and Simon Fujiwara, have concentrated on topics from Mad Cow Disease to "the troubles" in Northern Ireland.
The exhibition will run until April 26th, visit the Southbank Centre website for tickets.
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