Auction House is an artist-led project space in the heart of Redruth, Cornwall, founded and directed by artist Liam Jolly. Established in 2018 as a space for contemporary artists to experiment and test new ideas, AH has quickly grown into a dynamic platform for public exhibitions, residencies, and events, supporting emerging local talent as well as national and international artists.
COMING SOON :
GROUP SHOW: SECOND HAND
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Sovay Berriman, Kath Buckler, Naomi Frears, Leila Galloway, Georgia Gendall, Liam Jolly, Patrick Lowry, Alice Mahoney,
Jacqui Orly, Stuart Robinson, Melanie Stidolph, A Todd, Andy Webster.
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Pt 1: Charity Shop
Open: Saturday 7 March, 11-4pm
Address: Gone to the Dogs (K9 Crusaders), 69 Fore Street, Redruth. TR15 2AF (former Peacocks)
Pt 2: Auction House
Open: Fri 13, Sat 14, Fri 20 and 21 March, 11-4pm (or by appointment)
As part of ABC, a project in collaboration with Back Lane West and CMR, we are delighted to announce Second Hand, a group exhibition by 13 artists unfolding over three weekends across two spaces.
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The project begins on St Piran’s Day as a one-day intervention in a charity shop on Redruth’s high street, before the works are extracted and re-presented at AH for the following two weeks.
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Moving between contrasting systems of value and display, Second Hand explores how context shapes meaning — from the visual noise of a charity shop to the conventions of the gallery. By asking artists to present something existing, work with items in the shop, or make a light-touch intervention within this non-art space, the project invites new audiences to encounter contemporary art and follow it as it relocates to Auction House, making the act of extraction both visible and literal.
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About ABC
ABC is a collaboration between three Redruth-based, artist-led project spaces: Auction House, Back Lane West, and CMR Project Space and funded by Feast. Each project brings a distinct approach to contemporary art, united by a shared commitment to supporting artists and sparking critical dialogue.
Through exhibitions, workshops, and events staged in everyday venues - from shops and pubs to cafés and the local library - ABC aims to challenge perceptions of contemporary art, making it more open, inclusive, and relevant to wider audiences.
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The year-long programme launched in May 2025 with Back Lane West’s commission of Colin Robins’ portrait series Anthology of Rural Life: Redruth Pictures, celebrating the town’s diverse community, later shown at Auction House. Since then, ABC has delivered a series of informal interventions across Redruth, including projects by Victoria Motika and Millie Tams, and a GIF-making workshop led by Rachael Jones at the Oxford Inn — with more activity planned in the final weeks of the programme.
Pic: Roger Thorp
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Roger Thorp : Closer Green Land: Film songs drawn from the Cornish land and sea.
Open: Saturday 7 March, 11am - 4pm with live performances on the hour, every hour
For a special one day show to coincide with St Pirans Day celebrations in Redruth, filmmaker Roger Thorp has invited local musicians into his filmscape, featuring work created while living in Cornwall, and within this special one off theatrical installation, he offers a space for improvisation and contemplation.
Using film, music, poetry and form his work explores ecological and socio-political issues as well as our temporal relationship with eternity. Creating immersive installations his practice is drawn from the European cinema and rock poets of the latter half of the last century and expressed through a visual interpretation of his own poetry.
www.rogerthorp.net
check out past show here
