The Museum of everything

The museum of everything exhibition no. 4 was hidden in the center of Selfridges. After following the various arrows on the floors and walls we came to what was more of a Santa’s grotto of art than a museum, with over 400 art pieces literally covering any surface and even hanging from the ceilings and up stairwells. The art that was in the exhibition was varied, as the title of the museum suggests there was not a set theme for the work or the technical skill. There was however a theme for the artists themselves as the museum of everything is the only museum to exclusively promote untrained and unknown contemporary artists. The art itself was rather interesting. Some works I appreciated more than others, such as the text based art by Japanese artist Shunji Yamagiwa, where the writing overlapped and distorted. Dan Miller also uses the same text based, distorted writings, this time in English, but some works were easier to read than others. Other works that are worth mentioning are Laan Irodjojo’s painting of a boat that was both bold and rather accurate, William Scott’s various paintings, Tarik Echols’ scribbled font paintings and Marianne Schipaanboord’s watercolour sketchy illustrations.