Highcross Shopping Centre
5 Shires Lane
Leicester LE1 4AN
An exhibition at Highcross by Leicester artist and print maker Mandeep Dhadialla.
Steam & Seeds is an exhibition of prints illustrating a story of wastewater management through the lens of plants and Victorian engineering. Inspired by Abbey Pumping Station, Dhadialla has created linocut images that reference the station’s interconnected themes of industrialisation, the environment and water usage.
Opened in 1891, Abbey Pumping Station was built to improve the sewage system and hygiene of Leicester’s increasing population. Using four magnificent, steam-powered beam engines, the station cleaned the environment. Waste from the sewers was pumped to a sewage farm in Beaumont Leys, where it was recycled into fertiliser for agriculture.
Mandeep Dhadialla is an artist and printmaker. Moving from Kenya to England in her teenage years, Dhadialla uses her experiences of finding home to create artwork. She explores how people and the landscape are in an interconnected exchange.
Visiting information - The exhibition is located in Highcross shopping centre, Upper Mall Corridor (to the right of Zara retail unit) 5 Shires Lane, Leicester, LE1 4AN
