American Beauty (a Trump L'oeil) at the Barbican

Barbican G Floor Commission:

American Beauty (a Trump L'oeil) uses film, poetry, humour and CGI to create an incongruous image that references film history, utopian architecture and contemporary politics. The iconic brutalist architecture of the Barbican becomes a glitch, a window through which we might catch a glimpse into our future.

Visitors watch as an orange hairpiece dances in the wind in perpetuity around the Barbican Estate, echoing the iconic scene from Sam Mendes’s American Beauty. The title itself a play on the phrase Trompe L’oeil - [Deceives the Eye].

Contact details:

https://www.barbican.org.uk/your-visit/getting-here/opening-hours