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Steffi Klenz: Nummianus

11 Sep 2009 – 22 Nov 2009

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The New Art Gallery Walsall

Walsall, United Kingdom

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For this series of works, Steffi has photographed rows of boarded up terraced houses in Greater Manchester. These houses are representative of a more widespread trend in which most residents have left the area, causing a rapid decrease in value for the remaining properties. Unable to sell their homes, some residents are forced to remain in the area where they are subject to a downward spiral of social exclusion. The term Nummianus" is a direct reference to an inscription found in the remains of a house in Pompeii. Literally translated as coin or money, Steffi makes an ironic reference to homes as commodities and creates a memorial to the loss of communities.

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