The show closes

Saturday, 20th December 2008

Today is the last day of the exhibition and I’m looking forward to packing the work away and having some time to reflect on the experience. The past three days have seen visitor numbers decline to about 10 a day, which has been disappointing, but understandable given that everyone is preparing for Christmas. But I’m still getting people in, and more than the rumoured 8 a day that the South London Gallery gets (statistic courtesy of a friend curating in London).
What’s really interesting is that my visitors have been very varied but have not included any of the people who I delivered promotional chutney to, and very few of the people who sponsored or provided promotional material for the project. Whether or not this is indicative of a lack of mutual support amongst arts organisations or whether it’s just the time of year, I don’t know. In some ways, though, it’s good that the people who benefitted from the project weren’t necessarily those who had a stake in it.