Tate Art Rocks

Tate Modern may be the most popular art gallery in Europe but it remains concerned about its appeal to young people and those communities where gallery going is not a frequent pastime. The art gallery has asked artists as diverse as the hip hop singer Estelle, former Blur guitarist Graham Coxon and east end rap collective Roll Deep each to select a work in the museum and compose a piece in response. Yesterday saw a preview of the first work to be installed, a track by the Chemical Brothers inspired by Jacob Epstein's 1913-14 sculpture Torso in Metal from The Rock Drill. Epstein once said that his bronze sculpture, half man and half machine, was "an armed, sinister figure of today and tomorrow. No humanity, only the terrible Frankenstein's monster we have made ourselves into". The response from the dance duo is a dark, pounding bass track that evokes hammers on anvils and chandeliers being flung down staircases. For the full story - click the title Irish Art