Mick Peter
About this work
Untitled: Nomadic Vitrine was produced for curatorial project Nomadic Vitrine run by Recent Activity in Birmingham. Nomadic Vitrine invites artists to respond to a nomadic display case, either using it functionally to present work or intervening with it sculpturally. The vitrine in itself is a redundant sculpture, replacing the gallery as a space for artists to create work in/on/ for. It builds on historical notions of display and visibility, both within and beyond the gallery and is placed in various locations around Birmingham and further afield, changing for each exhibition.
Peter’s work for Nomadic Vitrine wittily undermines the assumed hushed reverential attitude of the gallery goer. Using the inverted vitrine, the space becomes a site for an unexpected sight gag.