The House of Dreams is a terraced house in East
Dulwich
Dulwich (; ) is an area in south London, England. The settlement is mostly in the London Borough of Southwark, with parts in the London Borough of Lambeth, and consists of Dulwich Village, East Dulwich, West Dulwich, and the Southwark half of ...
transformed into the personal art museum of former textile designer and art director Stephen Wright. Wright has lived in the house since 1982, and began developing it "just as something decorative" in 1998.
The museum is dedicated to his dreams, life and love
and as a monument to his dead partner and deceased parents. Wright worked on the museum in secret until the 2010s, when he began to open it to the public several days each year.
Wright, a fashion and textile designer,
has been influenced by
Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Branson Cocker (born 19 September 1963) is an English musician and radio presenter. As the founder, frontman, lyricist and only consistent member of the band Pulp, he became a figurehead of the Britpop genre of the mid-1990s. Following P ...
's work on
outsider art,
Bodan Litnianski and the folk arts of Mexico, South America and Asia. He has shown his work at the
Halle St. Pierre in Paris and the museum is bequeathed to
The National Trust
The National Trust, formally the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, is a charity and membership organisation for heritage conservation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In Scotland, there is a separate and ...
. The museum is the subject of a BBC documentary.
The entire ground floor, gardens and exterior has been turned into one sculpture, with rooms subdivided and every inch of the ceiling, walls, floors and space taken up. Wright lives in a flat upstairs, which is currently habitable but he aims to complete the transformation of the entire house before he dies.
Gallery
File:House of Dreams, 42 Melbourne Grove, East Dulwich, 2018 (2).jpg
File:House of Dreams, 42 Melbourne Grove, East Dulwich, 2018 (4).jpg
File:House of Dreams, 42 Melbourne Grove, East Dulwich, 2018 (12).jpg
File:House of Dreams, 42 Melbourne Grove, East Dulwich, 2018 (19).jpg
File:House of Dreams, 42 Melbourne Grove, East Dulwich, 2018 (6).jpg
File:House of Dreams, 42 Melbourne Grove, East Dulwich, 2018 (13).jpg
File:House of Dreams, 42 Melbourne Grove, East Dulwich, 2018 (17).jpg
References
External links
* https://www.stephenwrightartist.com/house-of-dreams
Museums in the London Borough of Southwark
Outsider art
Art museums and galleries in London
Visionary environments
{{UK-museum-stub