Roadside Museum
Curated by Gordon Culshaw & John O Hare

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PREVIEW
Friday 8th May | 7.30pm – 9.30pm

  • Saturday 9th May | 2pm – 4pm
    Sunday 10th May | 2pm – 4pm
    Saturday 16th May | 2pm – 4pm
    Sunday 17th May | 2pm – 4pm

Featuring the work of Graham Dunning, Barbara Ekström, Stig Evans, Veronika Lukasova, Fred Martin, Samira Shafiei Nejad, Raksha Patel, Peter Trukenbrod, and Chris Wood

In the overlapping spheres of the contemporary art object and the art historical object the subject of preservation is a contentious one. In a reversal of the usual museological concerns, curators John O Hare and Gordon Culshaw set out to investigate the affect of time and biological and chemical decay on artworks.

Roadside Museum is an exhibition looking at the changes brought about through accelerated decay. Having been buried in a Lancashire field for 12 months the artworks on display have all been exhumed for this exhibition at BasementArtsProject. 

Further Reading on this project can be found in the publication Hypogeal. The publication is now out-of-print but can be found in the Libraries of the Henry Moore Institute and Leeds Beckett University.