residue...what remains

February 5 - June 6, 2026 | Leicester Gallery, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

residue...what remains

Exhibition at Leicester Gallery, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

February 5 - June 6, 2026

The exhibition has been developed by Leicester Gallery and Core Dance. It has been made possible through a major loan from our lead partner, Fondazione Bonotto.

Drawing on key collections from across Europe and the United States the exhibition residue... what remains provides a rich overview of the legacies of Fluxus artists and the group’s continuing influence on contemporary visual arts, dance, theatre, film, music and performance.

The exhibition is inspired by Professor Nicholas Zurbrugg whom at the end of the twentieth century brought together an exceptional collection of Fluxus artworks at De Montfort University. The curator of the exhibition, Sue Schroeder, builds on his extraordinary legacy to create an ever-changing exhibition that includes a rich performance program.
residue ...what remains includes major works by John Cage, Alison Knowles and Anna Halprin that are surrounded by changing constellations of artists influenced by the playful interdisciplinarity of Fluxus.


Works of:

Eric Andersen, Marcel Alocco, Jeff Arnal, Joseph Beuys, Julien Blaine, Simon and Tom Bloor, Georg Brecht, Trisha Brown, William Burroughs, David Byrne, John Cage, Remy Charlip, Henri Chopin, Bob Cobbing, Philip Corner, Christo & Jean-Claude, Merce Cunningham, Molly Davies, Jean Dupay, Dietrich Eichmann, Nye Ffarrabas, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Ken Friedman, Allen Ginsberg, Chiari Giuseppe, Eugen Gomringer, Anna Halprin, Lawrence Halprin, Geoffrey Hendricks, Dick Higgins, Jack Hirschmann, Kelly Holt, Connie Hwang, Ray Johnson, Joe Jones, Ray Kass, Andrew Kelly, Rebecca Kautz ,Traci Kelly, John Killacky, Katue Kitasono, Milan Knížák, Alison Knowles, Adam Larsen, Andrew Logan, George Maciunas, Jackson MacLow, Stelio Maria Martini, Jack Massing, Deane McQueen, Jonathan Monk, Charlotte Moorman, Polly Motley, Sean Owen Miller, Erika Senft Miller, Bruce Naumann, Lisa Nelson, Paul Neagu, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Ben Patterson, Robert Rauschenberg, Douglas Rosenberg, Carolee Schneemann, Jack Ox/Kurt Schwitters, Mieko Shiomi, Michael Silver, Matt Squib, Madonna Staunton, Lucy Suggate, Ben Vautier, Watson & Fella, Robert Watts, Emmett Williams.

The exhibition and all events are free and open to the public.

Highlights of the events program:

Thursday, February 5
6 pm opening with Eric Andersen Pop-Up.

Friday, February 6
4.30pm Philip Corner’s Piano Aktivitys as a Disciplind Destruktshun (a piano work’t).

Saturday, February 7
1 pm Gallery Talk with Jade Dellinger, Jack Massing, Sean Owen Miller & Eric Andersen;
3pm, John Cage’s STEPS: A Composition for a Painting.

Saturday, February 21
1pm Lucy Suggate’s Tender Stones.

Saturday, February 28
1 pm Gallery Talk In Conversation with Ken Friedman with Hugo Worthy.

Saturday, April 25
3pm Barbara Dilley’s The Grid with Polly Motley & Leicester Community.
5pm Lisa Nelson’s TuneZoom (Live Stream performance).

Sunday, May 24
1pm Anna Halprin’s Planetary Dance.


For more information: thegallery.dmu.ac.uk/residue-what-remains-events-program/