The Decorator and the Thief

30 Jan-17 May 2015

Overview

The Decorator and the Thief convenes work from the arts council collection alongside newly commissioned works that explore the intersection between art, design and craft. Design agency CommonRoom have been invited to accent the gallery with artist designed wallpaper and work by Yelena Popova will provide a critical lens for thinking through issues of visibility, gender and value. The Decorator and the Thief asks us to consider the importance of collecting and how issues of taste, questions of judgement and ideas around beauty are ideologically bound