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The Traders’ Exhibit |
Wrecked |
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Bookseller Keith Westhead, who witnessed the creation of the exhibit, said he was astonished at the officially ordered destruction of the abstract work. "It all started out as a bit of fun, after some of the traders had looked at the sculptures and chatted with the artists. They started to build this traders exhibit in the empty stall next to me. About six or more traders joined in, so it was a communal effort. It took awhile to put it all together because some bits were donated and had to be fetched from different traders, and some bits had to be bought. They had a lot of fun building it, helping each other. Then it was put on display all afternoon near the stalls at the edge of the events area. Lots of people stopped and asked about it, artists came over and inspected it, and photographers took pictures of it. It was very well received, and I think some of the traders had got their hopes high for a showing at the Tate. In the end it was suggested I write a piece about it, explaining what it symbolised, as it was an abstract, and people kept asking what it was, and what this and that represented, and we had to keep doing the artistic bit and explaining. So I said I'd write an explanation notice and bring it in on Saturday, so we could stick it on the exhibit. Then Saturday morning I heard the sad news that it had been brutally destroyed by council workmen on the orders of management, after it had been taken out of storage. I was downright astonished, it was cultural fascism. They ask us to participate in these events which half-wreck the market, and then they deliberately destroy our efforts, presumably because they don't like them. Perhaps they thought we were taking the Michael; as if our traders would ever do such a thing! People got a lot of fun and mutual participation in putting that work together, and lots of people passing by stopped to discuss it. I spent about an hour writing, putting together what it was about. Photographers took pictures of it. Then someone ordered it to be destroyed. There must be some on the local council who think they're in Nazi Germany." .................................................... |
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