The Lost Collection

As a daily commuter I have had my fair share of near misses when it comes to leaving things on the train. I once went to move my bike at the end of the carriage, leaving my bag on my seat. I got distracted by something in the Metro and twenty minutes went by, I had completely forgotten about my bag by now and went to step off at my station but luckily for me I was reminded at the last minute by a kind lady who had been watching.

If everyone had been as lucky as me then this new exhibition, The Lost Collection, curated by KK Outlet would never have come into existence. They have been given access to the Lost Property Office belonging to Transport for London (TFL). In amongst the sweaty jumpers, false teeth and vast amounts of old literature you would expect to get left on the tube, overground trains, buses and black cabs of London it seems there were also some artistic treasures to be found.

With anonymous work ranging from whole portfolios to single, carefully crafted sketches you could have a lot of fun imagining who the work is by, what their inspiration was and also of course if they have any talent.

The thing of most interest and probably what I love most about this idea is the fact that it is actually our daily routine and idiosyncrasies which have put this exhibition together, bringing together things that, given slightly less misfortune or slightly differing circumstances may have never ended up together at all.