Curated Exhibitions

Gallage

Wool Cycle (at 30 degrees) (2016)

washing machine drum, wool

Oil Spill (2016)

c-type print on aluminium

Gallage 360

exhibition view

Three Windows (2016)

c-type prints

Piano Innards (2016)

piano frame, elastic thread

Kitten (2016)

c-type print

(Untitled) (2016)

found slide in viewer

Curated Found Objects

Gallage: the meeting of concepts: garage / gallery; crafter / artist; utilitarian / aesthetic; disregarded / beauty

What is it that makes a garage a garage or a gallery a gallery? And what happens when they combine? This exhibition focused on the different uses of garages and the items that might be found there, using found and reclaimed objects to inspire new work

Shed - Collect - Shed: Coventry’s Lost and Found

Collected Found Crisp Packets (2014)

found objects, pins, felted foam, mdf

A Stand-In Triumph (2014)

found objects, painted polystyrene

Found Object Collection (2014)

found cupboard door with objects (double sided)

Untitled (sea-horses) (2014)

found objects, found window, light bulbs

Going Round in Circles (2014) - Joanna Rucklidge

found objects, perspex case

3. Lopsided Travel - Martin Green

found objects, display box

Paradise Disregarded, Paradise Reclaimed 6 (2014) - Lorsen Camps & Martin Green

found objects, c-type print

Trophy Head (2014)

found object, painted polystyrene

Shed-Collect-Shed 360

Exhibition View

A mixed media exhibition offering a look at Coventry through the objects collected from its streets

Artist and curator Lorsen Camps worked with Martin Green and Joanna Rucklidge to explore the relationship between their own personal collections of found objects and the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum’s collections

The Charity Shop Tour Shop

Charity Shop Tour Shop front

Charity Shop Tour Shop (detail)

charity shop objects

Knitted Poodle Doorstop

charity shop objects (window detail)

Love Me (Horror Head Torch) (2013) - Lorsen Camps

sequins, felted foam, mdf

Souvenir Belgium (2013) - Lorsen Camps

nail, thread, felt, mfd

The Iron Gundam (2013) - Dave Gray

adapted charity shop painting

Red-Eyed Lion (2013) - Jamie Randall

leaded stained glass, light box

Boat Puzzle (2013) - Jamie Randall

charity shop object, painted ply

When the light is green the trap is clean (2013) - Ben Rowe

mdf

Heroes of the Charity Shop Tour (2013) - Lorsen Camps

hand-etched mirrors, wooden light box

Charity Shop Tour Shop display

charity shop objects

Charity Shop Tour Shop

interior shot

Lorsen Camps with Dave Gray, Jamie Randall and Ben Rowe

The exhibition marked the 10th anniversary of the Charity Shop Tour where Lorsen visited 1306 charity shops across the country. Objects that he’d bought were re-presented in this empty shop space-turned-gallery and new works inspired by them were showcased alongside

all work and photographs copyright of Lorsen Camps unless otherwise stated