Commissioned Artist: Kathrin Böhm
Curated by The Showroom in partnership with Lacuna
Launching on Tanner Lane on the corner of Praed Street, The Showroom presents Kathrin Böhm who asks: ‘Why do we care about art?’. Individual and collaborative responses to this question were explored through public poster-making and knowledge-sharing workshops at The Showroom. Through assimilating, compiling, distilling and responding to the taped posters, slogans and statements created by workshop contributors, the final banner, designed in collaboration with An Endless Supply, projects the chorus of voices involved in this collaborative process. The Showroom’s rotating programme will continue with Long Distance Press (Adam Shield and Thomas Whittle) in 2025/26 and Harold Offeh in 2026/27.
Kathrin Böhm, Why do we care about art?, 1350cm length x 620cm height x 400cm above ground, 2021.
Install view photograph by Oliver Dixon © Paddington Square
"Art can be many different things to each of us and the workshops “who cares about art” with local interest groups at The Showroom, made this very clear. It was important to hold a space where different meanings, practices, understanding and expressions were possible and equal to each other. The one word and value we all care about is freedom: in art, through art and with art.” Kathrin Böhm
Kathrin Böhm, Artist
