Miroslaw Balka

Polish artist commissioned to create work for Tate Modern

London - Polish artist Miroslaw Balka has been chosen to create the next installation to fill the large turbine hall entrance of the Tate Modern art gallery in London, the Tate said Friday.

Balka is the 10th artist to receive a commission, sponsored by Unilever, to create an artwork for temporary exhibition in the vast hall of the gallery, a former power station.

His work will be unveiled on October 12 and will be on show until April 5, 2010.

It will replace a current display of bunk beds and giant sculptures by French artist Dominique Gonzales-Foerster.