In 2017, London-based artists Catherine Borowski and Lee Baker re-conceived the idea of the exhibition space, presenting the London public with an ongoing series of collaborative, site-specific artworks housed in skips in everyday public locations. With their associations of mundanity, disposal and renovation, skips are a ubiquitous but frequently overlooked reminder of the throw-away culture of the city, lending a playfully profound irony to the exhibition of artwork within them. As well as showing their own work, Borowski and Baker have collaborated with some of the biggest names in contemporary art, including David Shrigley (Look At This, June 2017), Gavin Turk (Transubstantiation, November 2017) and Ben Eine, as well as ‘the world’s most artistic football club’ AS Velasca in Milan. Their mobility allows SKIP Gallery to exhibit anywhere there is a parking space, bringing unexpected eruptions of art into the everyday urban landscape anywhere in the world. Ultimately, the gallery aims to become not merely a mobile exhibition space, but a continuous, transitioning artwork in itself, connecting artists around the world through an ongoing programme of collaboration. In June 2018, during the London Festival of Architecture, Skip Gallery opens in Somers Town, north-west London, to reveal Upgrade by Richard Woods – a cartoonishly colourful commentary on housing, urban regeneration and its social impact on the local area.
WHAT WE DO FOR SKIP GALLERY
We’ve loved the idea of SKIP Gallery since we first heard about its David Shrigley show in Hoxton Square, and our former office was next door to Richard Woods’ wooden house in Bethnal Green, so the chance to work with both of them felt like something that was meant to be. Zetteler is spearheading the publicity for the Upgrade exhibition, aiming to draw public attention to the artwork itself, the SKIP Gallery ethos, and the issues arising from urban housing policy in London today.
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