Art Dispensary

Democratic Devaluing

Art Dispensary

30 x 700 x 200

Bargain Basket

350 x 250 x 100
Abandoned Shopping Trolleys. Correx Rave Signs, Cable Ties, Hand Drawn Originals in Mass-produced Scandinavian frame, wrapped in biodegradable cellophane, a dash of Democracy




Photography from ‘Patchwork Arcade’ at Twenty One Southend by Tessa Hallmannn

Art Dispensary Instructions;

- Blue Garage x Shapes Lewisham 2025
- Bow Arts Open, Lakeside Gallery 2023
- Human Remains, Art Hub gallery 2023
- *TOMA, Interim Show 2023

Democratic destruction, a collaborative effort to question the pricing systems and financial value of art by disruption, through interrupting the perceived, market or personal value.

First installed at Twenty One Southend as part of the TOMA interim show ‘Patchwork Arcade’ with Bootlegged edition given out for free from the Mandy House Mark I, temporarily located outside Focal Point Gallery. Then installed at Art Hub Gallery, Deptford as part of ‘Human Remains’ a show of Pat Lunch & Fredrix Vermin. Installed at the inaugeral Bow Arts open Studio in The Lake Side Centre with more bootlegs sold as cards and traded for drinks. Showcased at the Blue Garage X Shapes Lewisham SPACE INVADERS event.

‘The market is a terrorist.’

After making a selection participants may choose to discard the artwork in the Bargain Basket. Participants may also select from the Bargain Basket. I regularly restock the Dispensary from the Bargain Basket. A re-evaluating loop.

This work calls into the discrepancies within capitalism and placemt of value, touching on ideas of conspicuos consumption and referancing medicinal drug dispencaries.