45 works by the artist David Chandler as aresponse to a very long descriptive sentence in Jonathan Meades' MUSEUMS WITHOUT WALLS 2012. The paintings are mostly in acrylic on canvas or in a large sketchbook on paper or collaged on paper. Some related prints are counted amongst the illustrations. The sources for several of the stencil circles are the medieval stone apses of Santa Maria di Fallerii, Lazio.

1. DAVID CHANDLER
‘In praise of decay’
(for J.M.)
45 illustrations
from Jonathan Meades’ Museum Without
Walls 2012 page 22
2012 -13
Paintings, screenprints, stencils and collages

2. In praise of decay
cover of
sketchbook 2013

3. 1. roads to nowhere

4. 2. Victorian pumping stations

5. 3. rats

6. 4. toxic canals

7. 5. rotting foxes

8. 6. used condoms

9. 7. pitta bread with green mould

10. 8. polythene bags

11. 9. carpet tiles

12. 10. countless gauges of wire

13. 11. keep-out signs

14. 12. goose grass

15. 13. shacks

16. 14. torn tights

17. 15. burnt-out cars

18. 16. burnt-out houses

19. 17. chemical drums

20. 18. cooking oil drums

21. 19. washing machine drums

22. 20. squashed feathers

23. 21. tidal mud

24. 22. former railway line

25. 23. a shoe

26. 24. may bushes

27. 25. a hawser

28. 26. burlap sacks

29. 27. ground elder

30. 28. a wheelless buggy

31. 29. perished underlay

32. 30. buddleia

33. 31. a container

34. 32. cracked plastic pipes

35. 33. a ceramic rheostat

36. 34. a car battery warehouse

37. 35. scraggy horses

38. 36. a salmon smoker

39. 37. bricked-up windows

40. 38. travellers' caravans

41. 39. worn car tyres

42. 40. jackdaws

43. 41. herons

44. 42. jays

45. 43. a petrol pump

46. 44. railway sleepers

47. 45. allotments