Stack is one of Helen Sear's major works. As with Caetera Fumus , also in The Hyman Collection, it was made for her solo exhibition "...the rest is smoke" commissioned by Arts Council Wales Cymru yn Fenis / Wales in Venice to represent Wales at the Venice Biennale in 2015.
..the rest is smoke, Santa Maria Ausiliatrice, Venice Biennale, 2015. The site of the exhibition was on Via Garibaldi at Santa Maria Ausiliatrice. Stack has subsequently been shown in these exhibitions:
Prospect Refuge Hazard, Dalby Forest courtard, 2018
Prospect Refuge Hazard, Ryedale Folk Museum, 2018
Hestercombe Gallery Somerest in July 2018
Impressions Gallery Bradford February 2019
A Hiding Place in Waking Dreams at Pennings Foundation Eindhoven in May 2019.