The Museum Of [ ] Objects

Weeks 1 -7

Chris Clinton
Rosemary Terry
Matt Webb
Michael Bold
Matt Westbrook
Jonathan Kelham
Elena Cassidy-Smith

Weeks 8 – 14

Paul Newman
Phil Thomson
Mona Casey
Grace Williams
Lisa Roffey
Adam Burton
Sara Dobson

Weeks 15 – 22

Christophe Dillinger
Aylwin Greenwood-Lambert
Joanne Hummel-Newell
The Jackson Twins
David Cheeseman
Mel Brimfield
Martin Bardell
Matt Smith

Curated by Mona Casey & Sonya Russell-Saunders.

Venue – mac birmingham

The Museum of [ ] Object’s is a curatorial strategy aimed at generating a new art collection for a limited period of time. The Museum began in March 2012, with its first rendition appearing over a six month period at mac Birmingham, as part of the Allotment project, Curated by Charlie Levine and in conjunction with mac.

Each of the artists participating in Museum, have been invited to submit an object, text, video, performance, or other outcome which will be displayed on a particular week within the ALLOTMENT’s time frame, starting in March and running until the beginning of September. The artists selected for Museum are based on subjective rationales and choices, made by the curators Mona Casey & Sonya Russell-Saunders.

The process will entail the display of a singular work each week with an accompanying descriptive text written by the artist. The curator is removed from the process of interpreting the work, promoting the artists as definer, of their own contribution. At key points throughout the coming months, the collection as it exists at that time will be displayed in its entirety; with the final culmination of work being realised for the metaphorical harvest period of September.

The Museum of [ ] Object’s, engages with museum display strategies that both emphasise the individual work over the collection and at particular times and in specific sites the collection takes precedence over the individual components. The artworks within the collection may at times, be loaned to other plot-holders, in an attempt to infiltrate and establish the collection within another curatorial context.