Jannis Kounellis turns familiar materials, charged with history and meaning, into poetic assemblages

Contemplate Martin Creed’s conceptual installation Work No. 232: the whole world + the work = the whole world 

The works in these rooms explore the use of written language in art

The texts in these two rooms are activated as they are read

These works are both poems and sculptures. The artist gives words material forms that contribute to their meaning

Investigate the processes artists use to make artworks, and how our responses are integral to the piece

Discover artists from Tate's collection who have embraced new and unusual materials and methods