Join us at the Newcastle Contemporary Art Gallery for a Learning Lab retrospective of Isabel Lima's Gresham Wooden Horse (2016 - ongoing)
Gresham Wooden Horse is an art project co-created over several years by the artist, Isabel Lima, with residents and community stakeholders in the neighbourhood of Gresham, Middlesbrough.
This exhibition translates the collective actions and ways of working throughout Gresham Wooden Horse – the paths taken, challenges met and project milestones – into a gallery context.
Lima’s work is mediated through a decolonial lens. The exhibition space is curated via a series of interconnected themes reflected in her practice: themes of ‘openness’, ‘vulnerability’, ‘commitment’, and ‘time’.
In choosing to bring a neighbourhood project into the space of the gallery, Lima invites a wider audience to step into a re-enactment of Gresham Wooden Horse. To take part in a conversation around the complexities of place-based work and what it might mean to do socially engaged practice in a neighbourhood, like Gresham.
Stay tuned for more details.
