Half
a Mountain of Lard 2008
City Gallery
Leicester
'Half A Mountain of Lard' was an exhibition in The City Gallery, Leicester
in Conjunction with Ayling & Conroy's solo show. It sought to, cooperate
with the large Education space in the gallery, situated before the main
exhibition space. 'Half a Mountain of Lard' was an attempt to engage
with the families and children who visit the exhibition space and participate
in the summer workshop programme, and actively involved children as
audiences, and as artists.The artwork of twenty five young artists was
curated from open submissions, themed on the surreal and bizarre. ‘Half
a Mountain of Lard’ aimed to directly link the exhibition programme
and education programmes together.