The Great Travelling Art Exhibition
Drawings created on the rear shutters of white haulage trucks are done by scribing into the layer of dirt built-up from exhaust emissions. Rooted in the tradition of painting and drawing, The Great Travelling Art Exhibition takes a number of visual cues from the presentation of two-dimensional art, for example the signing of the image, or the use of the shutter surround to suggest a framing device. Travelling around the country on their regular deliveries, the trucks are not confined to a conventional gallery space, and as such the audience that encounters the artwork is likely to do so by passing chance. Lasting a finite period, though sometimes as long as six months, it is partly this impermanence and vulnerability that gives the drawings a point of interest. Whether read as an allegory for life-cycle or as a way to question the value systems of art, ownership and receivership, The Great Travelling Art Exhibition diseminates art in a democratic manner.
Ben Long, born in Lancaster in 1978, studied at Camberwell College of Art and Design.
Ben Long, born in Lancaster in 1978, studied at Camberwell College of Art and Design.
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