Alan Kane has produced a number of works in collaboration with Jeremy Deller such as the Folk Archive, 2005, a collection and documentation of contemporary popular art from across the United Kingdom in the form of an exhibition and accompanying catalogue,[1][2] and Souped Up Tea Urn & Teapot (Dartford 2004), 2004, which consists of a teapot and tea run the type of which are commonly found in village halls given a flamed paint effect as found commonly on Harley Davisons and is part of the Tate Collection.
[3] In 2008 he produced The Stratford Hoard, a commission for Transport for London that consisted of a series of exhibitions celebrating residents living locally to Stratford train Station's collections including postcards, sugar sachets, football boots, masking tape, wind-up toys, electric guitars and Beatles memorabilia.
[5][6] In 2011 Kane developed Home for Orphaned Dishes as the Children's Commission for Whitechapel Gallery, which displayed a collection of studio pottery as a counterpoint to contemporary slick mass-produced design.
He contributed But., a series of benches constructed from gravestones mounted on top of welded and powder-coated frames, and in Norwich arranged for a team of six carts pulled by Shire horses to deliver the artworks to the venues as a celebration and procession.
[13] The exhibition included a series of domestic displays celebrating fans of Heavy Metal, along with the metal lounge that showed works by artists including Jeremy Deller, Una Hamilton Helle, Des Hughes, Jim Lambie, Sarah Lucas, Jessica Mallock, Mike Nelson, Simon Periton, David Shrigley, Mark Titchner, Hayley Tompkins, Cathy Ward and Eric Wright & Charlie Woolley as well as Alan Kane himself.