The book includes photography of Peninsula as well as Barlow's own research material: photography and drawings. The interview explores the artist's processes to realise the new work, and the essay by Sally O'Reilly interrogates in greater depth Barlow's insistence on the work's impact on the viewer in the gallery in a physical sense, without interruption of meaning.It joins a DVD on the making of Peninsula published by BALTIC's Library and Archive which is available for sale.

It is with great pleasure that BALTIC publishes this book to document Peninsula by Phyllida Barlow, a major new commission realised in 2004 for the Level 4 gallery. There has been great excitement and anticipation surrounding the making of this exhibition, with a sense that the demands of the gallery space would provide Barlow with a remarkable opportunity for a new work to be presented to a wide audience. The resulting artwork,with its awkward and demanding forms and surprising materials and methods, embodies the rigorous intelligence and invigorating intuition which has made working with the artist on this project such a delight.

Introduction         

A Quest for the Moment           

Phyllida Barlow in conversation with Pippa Coles  

Biography