The Art Explora Mobile Museum, displaying works of art by artists including Andy Warhol, Cornelia Parker, Damien Hirst, David Hockney and Dorothea Tanning, is continuing its visit to Ashfield this week. Residents will have their last chance to see the artworks when the museum visits Sutton in Ashfield on Saturday 23 March. It has already visited Kirkby and Hucknall.
The mobile museum is contained in a trailer on the back of an articulated lorry, and was designed by Matali Crasset, a French industrial designer. The travelling museum is displaying an exhibition called “Soup, Socks and Spiders! Art of the Everyday”, and includes paintings, drawings, photographs, prints, film, digital art, and sculpture.
Before its final public appearance on 23 March, the travelling museum will receive guided visitors from schools and community groups.
Ashfield is one of nine locations being visited by the travelling museum during its 12 week tour, which is a collaboration between Art Explora, the Tate and MuMo.
“Tate is proud to be working with Art Explora on the Mobile Museum that will bring artwork from the national collection closer to more people across the country”, the director of Tate Liverpool, Helen Legg, said. “It is rare that the collection is shown in this way, in non-traditional settings, but it is key if we are to breakdown perceived barriers and bring crucial encounters with art to young people and communities.
“We learnt last year, when this project was in Liverpool, that the alternative learning environment provided meaningful, memorable experiences to young people. I’m thrilled that works from the National Collection will be touring the country and reaching thousands more people in the coming months, promoting the importance of creative learning and access to the arts for young people.”
The founder of Art Explora, Frédéric Jousset, said: “Art Explora is based on the core belief that art should be accessible to everyone. We try to bring art to new places, new audiences, new communities.
“The Mobile Museum is an opportunity for thousands of people, and especially school children, to experience art for the first time, right on their doorsteps. In this time of crisis for local authorities, with increasing pressures on arts budgets and arts provision on a regional and local level, the Art Explora Mobile Museum is a chance to level up between the children who have access to art and the ones who get left behind. It’s about creating social justice and cohesion.”
