The appeal of decay To most people, railroad warehouses are nothing but dark and dilapidated buildings, but to artists such spaces exert a primordial attraction not found in conventional art galleries. These surreal art sanctuaries give free rein to the imagination, enable the artistic vanguard to enter the mainstream, and function as alternative spaces for the experimental showcasing of new designs prior to commercial exhibition.
頹廢的吸引力對於一般民眾，鐵道倉庫可能是一個陳舊、陰暗的死角，然而對於藝術家而言，這樣頹廢殘敗的空間，卻有一種異於殿堂式美術館的原始力量，帶有一種超現實的想像空間，是前衛藝術進入主流或商業展覽場之前的實驗性「替代空間」。