Wed 24 Oct 2012

Conjunc+ion12 Biennial

Residency at Stoke-on-Trent Museum and Art Gallery
23 – 29 October 2012

‘The Neo Dawsonism Archive’
Curated by Shaun Doyle and Mally Mallinson
2 November – 9 December 2012

A series of fakes placed within the museum’s existing collection question the authenticity and objectivity of the displays. A guide book that reads like a scene from Waterhouse’s ‘Billy Liar’, describes their provenance. Inspired by the career of Charles Dawson who fabricated the hoax Piltdown Man, ‘The Neo Darsonism Archive’ re-works themes from previous shows including ‘Homo Tesco’ (Airspace, UK) and ‘Return to the Black Forest Ghetto’ (Galerie Nostheide-Eycke, Dusseldorf).