Wonder Wall The seven cabinets of the Wonder Wall were conceived as a stage for mini-exhibitions within Selfridges' Wonder Room. Opening with an installation by architect Zaha Hadid, the series has included; couture dolls by Dutch designers Viktor & Rolf; Unholy Relics, an eclectic anthology of objects and oddities that invite us to reflect on the meaning of the souvenir or relic from the collection of Trevor Beattie; and Natural History, a series of jewellery and objects by four young designers with very different takes on nature and artifice at a time when our relationship to the natural world is in crisis.
Zaha Hadid
Viktor & Rolf
Unholy Relics
Natural History
Unholy Relics is a visual notebook that ritualises the diverse, fascinating and tangible appeal of the object. From the everyday to the intimate to the genuinely intriguing, Trevor Beattie's accumulation of what is essentially 'stuff', is the residue of the modern era.
Iconic 'relics' are juxtaposed with the mundane: from Marilyn Monroe's slip and Michael Jackson's Fedora to the legendary 'split' boxing glove worn by a 21 old year Cassius Clay in 1963 to fight British champ Henry Cooper.
