The Collector's Room sees JGM Gallery transformed into a parlour room of a collector with a leaning towards illusion, stage magic and the escapologist Harry Houdini. In this room we encounter artworks such as spirit levels, levitations, gospel magic props, tarot cards, portraits of magicians, antique keys, handcuffs, sword boxes, escape trunks, magic wands, smoke, and mirrors. This exhibition presenting 44 artists was curated by Karen David.
Myth, Houdini, curation, fiction as method, collecting, fiction, magic, illusion, fictional agency, Jonathan Allen, Ralph Anderson, Dominic Beattie, Katrina Blannin, Isha Bohling, Juan Bolivar, Stella Capes, Anne-Marie Creamer, Karen David, Rosalind Davis & Justin Hibbs, Richard Ducker, Austin Eddy, Machiko Edmondson, Tim Ellis, James Fisher & Kate McLeod, Ludovica Gioscia, Katie Goodwin, Alastair Gordon, Andrew Grassie, John Greenwood, James Hopkins, Chris Jones, Richard Kirwan, Joy Kngwarreye, Hiroe Komai, Caterina Lewis, Karl Marrow, Barbara Nicholls, Plastique Fantastique, John Richert, Lex Shute, Sophia Starling, Holly Stevenson, Daniel Sturgis, Phyllis Thomas, Suzanne Treister, Jessica Voorsanger, Richard Wathen, David Ben White, Alice Wilson, K. Yoland, Neil Zakiewicz
