Nobby Graham and Virginia Whiles

The private view for the late Shelagh Cluett was held on the same night as the opening of ‘Le Cabinet de Curiosites de Mademoiselle Clouette’ - objects collected by Shelagh Cluett on her travels, particularly in the Far East. The ‘Cabinet’ was curated by Shelagh’s friend and Trustee of the Shelagh Cluett Trust, Virginia Whiles.

Jonathan Harvey, Chris Yetton, and Clyde Hopkins talk whilst Ade Sabini oversees the door

Because of the delicate nature of the work it was decided that numbers in the exhibiting space would be limited and that no drinks would be allowed in the main space. The door was skillfully overseen by CHELSEA space’s friend Ade Sabini from Mick Jones’ Rock & Roll Public Library.

Sasha Craddock, Jo Stockham, and Matt Rugg

The show was an opportunity for Shelagh’s many friends and colleagues to get together and to revisit these works, some of which were shown at the Ikon Gallery thirty years previously. It was also a chance for a new audience to see these for the first time and the response has been enormously positive.

Lucy and Jacki Fox with writer and curator Paul Gorman sporting a Barney Bubbles 'Missing LinK' T-Shirt