The Plaza Principle

Exploiting the scale and architectural qualities of the abandoned TK Maxx store, the exhibition will include a range of contemporary art practice, but with an emphasis on sculpture, film and audio-visual work. It will include work by recent graduates selected from northern art schools, and other young artists, together with a number of more established international artists. Located in the empty shell of a former shopping space, the project exists in the context of economic recession and attempts by local authorities, business and commercial developers to disguise economic decline, commercial inactivity and property blight with a facade of cultural activity. The Plaza Principle will include attempts to create a critical framework within which to acknowledge and critique its own complicity in such processes.

The Plaza Principle is curated by Chris Bloor and Derek Horton.
Derek Horton is an artist, writer and publisher and Chris Bloor is an artist and the Head of Contemporary Art at Leeds Metropolitan University.