What happens when art is left on a seat (and other public places)?
My 'World's 1st Ever Honest Box Gallery Exhibition' took a sharp turn to the unexpected this week by leaving the safety of a room with four walls for a room without and a gigantic blue roof called the sky.
Yes, my next experiment went into the big wide world...
To mark the occasion I created four new works of unnoticed objects specifically for everyday locations with tales to make the audience think (you can also purchase one for yourself here!)
These works became personally signed artworks encased in a plastic covering, marked with a price tag and instructions on the back then left around the city of Sydney (two were signed in white ink with a larger price tag).
Of course trading venues presented challenges unfamiliar to great galleries of the world like the Guggenheim Museum or the Tate or the Museum Of Old And New Art.
- When people aren't expecting art, will they notice it?
- A thoroughfare has people but does it have attention?
- Would my artworks be mistaken for rubbish and disposed of?
These questions (as part of my bigger Quest Of The Four Questions) and more will be answered next…
In the meantime, I’d love to hear from you (contact me here) if you’d like to place some of these works around your city...
Or if you work at the Guggenheim Museum or the Tate or Museum Of Old And New Art perhaps you’d like to take my Honesty Box inhouse?
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