Shelter is the new group show at the New Walsall Gallery. My work “An Object for the 21st Century” features in it and the whole exhibition moves to Christies in January 2026.
More about the work is below:
This artwork is a sign of our times. Captured as a document that testifies about the millions of journeys taken by the migrants, refugees and asylum seekers around the world, this artefact is a memory of struggle the travellers had on their perilous ventures. This jacket was the artefact they held onto as the weaves threatened to swallow them and it allowed them to be visible. This item is a shelter for the body, a shelter for memories of traumatic movement of the people, and a shelter for the only aesthetic understanding we have of displacement in Europe today.
Opening crowd…
