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🚨 SAVE THE DATE: The PageMasters Winter Market comes to the SLG on 8 and 9 Dec!
Find zines, art, ceramics, perfumes, jewellery, textiles, soaps, bags, clothing, accessories and more.
The SLG Bookshop will also be doing a special edition sale to celebrate the event! Buy limited edition artworks at a special price across the weekend.
See all the contributors and stalls online: https://www.southlondongallery.org/events/pagemasters-winter-zine-fair-2023/
📢 LAST CHANCE TO APPLY:
ARTIST OPEN CALL: ART BLOCK COMMISSION 2024 ✨
We are seeking proposals from artists and creatives based in Southwark, Lewisham or Lambeth to take on the next Art Block commission!
Art Block is a free creative space for local children ages 6-16, located on Sceaux Gardens Estate, which closely neighbours the SLG.
The artist will lead a series of workshops over 12 weeks with the children and young people. The sessions should be centred on co-producing a creative outcome with Art Block attendees. We are particularly interested in projects which offer children the opportunity to learn new skills, promote positive mental health and wellbeing, foster community cohesion, demystify creative careers and amplify local pride.
Find out more and apply online by 27 November: https://www.southlondongallery.org/jobs/art-block-commission-open-call-2024/
NOW OPEN!
🏥 Pope.L: Hospital takes over the SLG with interactive installations exploring ideas around the passage of time, collapse and decay, and the relationship between the individual and the institutional.
Free to visit, the exhibition is open until 11 February.
Find out more:
https://www.southlondongallery.org/exhibitions/pope-l-hospital/
❗️ We want your old Argos catalogues ❗️
SLG artist in residence, Motunrayo Akinola, is exploring childhood nostalgia and consumer culture and is looking for as many Argos catalogues as possible. Help him to make a new artwork! Do you have any lying around at home? Drop them into the SLG or send us a message...
🎨 EXCITING NEWS! We have just launched our new online shop!
📚 With radical books covering everything from poetry to politics, beautiful gifts & affordable, exclusive limited edition artworks.
Many of our gifts, ceramics, jewellery and cards are sustainably produced by local makers. We’re proud to offer an exciting and often surprising selection of products that you might not find elsewhere in London.
All proceeds from sales directly support our art, education and community programmes.
💌 Treat yourself to something online today. (And get 10% off your first purchase by signing up to our mailing list!)
https://shop.southlondongallery.org/
Looking for somewhere new to eat in Camberwell? Our chef in residence starts on 16 Nov! 😋 Tom Geoffrey will take over the South London Louie kitchen for 6 weeks with his Cambodian & Khmer inspired dishes. 🇰🇭
Tom is the founder of BARANG, a Cambodian-inspired pop-up with a focus on Cambodian BBQ and regional Khmer dishes. He spent the first half of 2023 working at Kiln in Soho, before making his debut at Meatopia festival this summer.
Find out more and book your table now before it's too late!
South London Louie announces Tom Geoffrey as their Evening Chef in Residence who will be serving up a Cambodian-inspired menu.
📢 ARTIST OPEN CALL: ART BLOCK COMMISSION 2024 ✨
We are seeking proposals from artists and creatives based in Southwark, Lewisham or Lambeth to take on the next Art Block commission!
Art Block is a free creative space for local children ages 6-16, located on Sceaux Gardens Estate, which closely neighbours the SLG.
The artist will lead a series of workshops over 12 weeks with the children and young people. The sessions should be centred on co-producing a creative outcome with Art Block attendees. We are particularly interested in projects which offer children the opportunity to learn new skills, promote positive mental health and wellbeing, foster community cohesion, demystify creative careers and amplify local pride.
Find out more and apply online by 27 November: https://www.southlondongallery.org/jobs/art-block-commission-open-call-2024/
Sceaux Gardens Estate T&RA
✨ It's the last weekend of Lagos, Peckham, Repeat! ✨
The exhibition is free to visit and open until 9pm tonight, Fri 27 Oct and until 6pm Saturday and Sunday. Don't miss your last chance to see the show!
https://www.southlondongallery.org/exhibitions/lagos-peckham-repeat/
Get creative with us this Saturday at our free art workshop, Family Space! Dress up as your favourite hero for this fun drawing session with illustrator Chi.
This special event marks Black History Month and celebrates the last weekend of 'Lagos, Peckham, Repeat'.
Suitable for children aged 5–12 years with their parents and carers.
Join us for a free family workshop to mark Black History Month and to celebrate the last weekend of the Lagos, Peckham, Repeat exhibition.
We are excited to announce that Motunrayo Akinola is the South London Gallery’s 13th Postgraduate Artist in Residence!
Akinola’s work explores nostalgia, post-colonial power dynamics, and the psychology of ownership. He is interested in the nuances and subtle slips in culture, using images of the home and everyday materials to explore comfort and belonging.
As part of the residency, Akinola will create new work in our studio space over the next six months.
This year, the artist in residence will also be working with Bonington Gallery in Nottingham. Akinola will present a solo exhibition at the SLG in Spring 2024, which will tour to Bonington Gallery in January 2025.
Find out more about Akinola over on our Journal: https://www.southlondongallery.org/journal/meet-the-slg-postgraduate-artist-in-residence-motunrayo-akinola/
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Images: Courtesy of Motunrayo Akinola
Last chance to visit ‘Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes’!
There are just 2 weeks left of the exhibition that explores the connections between Lagos and Peckham, featuring the work of 13 Nigerian and British-Nigerian artists.
Play on an interactive sculpture by Temitayo Ogunbiyi, or immerse yourself in Adeyemi Michael’s childhood living room.
The exhibition spans the SLG’s Main Gallery and Fire Station Galleries, and is free to visit until 20 Oct.
https://www.southlondongallery.org/exhibitions/lagos-peckham-repeat/
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Images:
Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes, South London Gallery, 2023. Photo: Andy Stagg
'You will find Lagos in London Living', 2023 has been supported by Concrete Projects
Come and visit the SLG at Frieze this week!
We're presenting a brand-new edition by Chiizii, as part of an exciting range of limited edition artworks.
Find out more about the SLG editions on display at Frieze, available to purchase in the gallery or on our online shop: https://www.southlondongallery.org/journal/artist-editions-frieze/
★★★★ – The Guardian
★★★★ – Evening Standard
★★★★ – Culture Whisper
Have you visited Lagos, Peckham, Repeat yet? There is just one month left to see the exhibition!
Free to visit, the show ends on 29 Oct.
https://www.southlondongallery.org/exhibitions/lagos-peckham-repeat/
To celebrate our exhibition, 'Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes', we spoke with local creatives based in south London about how their relationships with Peckham and Nigeria plays a role in their work.
Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes is free to visit and on until 29 Oct. https://www.southlondongallery.org/exhibitions/lagos-peckham-repeat/
Film by Luke Frsh
⚡️JUST ANNOUNCED ⚡️
Tay Iwar will perform an intimate set in the SLG Garden tonight, 7-8pm.
Tickets are free but space is limited!
Book now: https://www.southlondongallery.org/events/boy-brother-friend/
✨THIS WEEK! ✨
On Wed 13 Sep, join writer Jimi Famurewa and Jendella Benson to celebrate the launch of the paperback edition of Jimi’s book, ‘Settlers: Journeys Through the Food, Faith and Culture of Black African London’.
They will explore the themes of the book and its links with the SLG’s exhibition, Lagos, Peckham, Repeat.
Book now:
Join Jimi Famurewa & Jendella Benson for a talk about the book: Settlers: Journeys Through the Food, Faith & Culture of Black African London.
'Deciphering Value: Economic Anomalies and Unequal Dependencies in Global Commodity Trade' is a new work by artist Ndidi D**e.
The installation reflects on ideas around market value, material value, value to the individual & to human kind. She questions how value is shared, thinking about who benefits & who is exploited.
🤔 We spoke to D**e to find out more about the visuals in the installation and the inspiration behind the work:
Find out more about artist Ndidi D**e and her work, Deciphering Value, exhibited as part of Lagos, Peckham, Repeat at the SLG.
It's Sunday Spot this weekend!
Join artist Shona Coyne this Sun 27 Aug from 2-4pm and make your own bug hotel 🐞🐛
The workshop, aimed at 5-12 year olds and their parents and carers, is fun and free!
Find out more: https://ow.ly/sjFQ50PCXJe
📸 As part of our exhibition, 'Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes', artist Christopher Obuh presents images from his series, 'No City for Poor Man'.
Beginning in 2014, Obuh has spent almost 10 years taking photos of Eko Atlantic, a new, planned city in Lagos State. He documents the scale of the development and its human impact.
📸 Find out more about the work in our interview with Obuh over on the SLG Journal:
Meet Nigerian documentary photographer Christopher Obuh Nelson. Find out more about his work in Lagos in our interview!
🎨 TOMORROW! 🎶
Escape the rain at our free Family Day, with art and music workshops, storytelling, family-friendly exhibition tours, food and more. See you there!
Free summer activities for families at the South London Gallery in south east London. Join us for arts and crafts, storytelling and more!
One week until the SLG Family Day!
Join us on Sat 29 July for a free event from 12 - 4pm to celebrate Nigerian culture in Peckham. Including:
🎨Art & crafts
📢 Family friendly tours
📚 Storytelling
🎶Music
🥘Delicious Nigerian food
Find out more and see the full programme:
Free summer activities for families at the South London Gallery in south east London. Join us for arts and crafts, storytelling and more!
✨ We're hiring! ✨
The Art & Play Supervisor is part of the SLG’s Art & Play team and is responsible for supervising Saturday workshops for children at Art Block. The Art & Play Supervisor has a crucial role in providing leadership on the ground the sessions.
Find out more and apply online: https://www.southlondongallery.org/jobs/art-play-supervisor/
⚡TOMORROW!
Join us for a talk with Adam Elliott-Cooper author of 'Black Resistance to British Policing'. Adam will present a lecture at the SLG on abolishing institutional racism.
Book now:
Join us for a lecture on abolishing institutional racism with Adam Elliot-Cooper. Part of School SOS 2023's series of events.
🚨ONE WEEK LEFT TO APPLY 🚨
We are now accepting applications for our Postgraduate Artist Residency 2023/24!
📅 Deadline to apply: Monday 17 July 2023 at 12 midday
If you have undertaken a postgraduate period of study between October 2022 and September 2023 you could be our next Postgraduate Artist in Residence.
👉 Find out more about the residency and apply on the SLG website: https://www.southlondongallery.org/jobs/postgraduate-artist-residency-2023-2024/
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John Costi, Found Football Difficult, 2023. Installation photo by Jo Underhill.
It's in London this weekend!
We've highlighted some of the fascinating, past & present queer-owned & queer-friendly organisations in SE London over on our Journal. Highlights include our friends at The Feminist Library & Corner New Cross.
🌈 Take a look and make sure to visit them soon: http://ow.ly/vfjT50P0E8R
🎨 Join us for a special Sunday Spot on 25 June with Sir Frank Bowling's studio. 🎨
The free family workshop will be led by Bowling's grandson and studio assistant, Frederik Bowling. Join us anytime from 2-4pm, and create your own colourful paintings!
No need to book - just show up.
Suitable for children aged 5–12 years with their parents and carers.
Free, drop-in family workshop at the South London Gallery in Peckham. Part of the SLG's Windrush Weekender event.
🚨 CALLING ALL POSTGRADS! 🚨
We are now accepting applications for our Postgraduate Artist Residency 2023/24!
Have you:
🔘 undertaken a postgraduate period of study between October 2022 and September 2023? (This can include self led, alternative, peer organised and non-accredited programmes from an institution, collective or art school in the UK, as well as an MA, MFA, PGDip, MRes.)
If the answer is yes, then you could be our next Postgraduate Artist in Residence!
Between October 2023 - March 2024, the recipient will get studio space in the SLG Fire Station; a £4,500 housing bursary to cover accommodation in London; a £5,000 artists fee and a £4,000 production budget to produce new work; a solo exhibition opening March 2024, which will then travel to Bonington Gallery, Nottingham in January 2025 with potential for further event(s)!
📅 Deadline to apply: Monday 17 July 2023 at 12 midday
🔗 Find out more and apply online: https://www.southlondongallery.org/jobs/postgraduate-artist-residency-2023-2024/
The Postgraduate Residency is supported by the Paul and Louise Cooke Endowment. The exhibition will tour to Bonington Gallery in January 2025.
Interested in a career in the arts? Join us next Thursday, 22 June for a free panel discussion with artists and designers.
Inspiring young creatives talk about how their Windrush heritage has shaped and influenced their careers and practice.
Space is limited, book online now!
Hear from pioneering creatives how their Windrush heritage has shaped and influenced their multidisciplinary careers and practice.
🎵 For Michelle Williams Gamaker's film 'Thieves', composer Aaron Cupples made a full orchestral soundtrack just using a computer!
"This is technically my first fully orchestral score, but it’s entirely done within a computer using samples from the BBC Symphony Orchestra, which is a ‘virtual instrument’ which you play with a keyboard. Essentially, I have real-life recordings of every note on every instrument played by the real BBC Symphony Orchestra, and you can control various articulations and expression as well. It’s an incredibly powerful tool for composers, and the results can be highly realistic if you compose within its limitations."
Find out more about Cupples' work and the soundtrack for the film in our Q&A with the composer:
Meet composer Aaron Cupples, find out about his work and his collaboration with Michelle Williams Gamaker on the soundtrack to her new film.
🚨 LAST CHANCE 🚨 Don't miss the last week of our current shows, both end this Sunday, 18 June.
🎥 Michelle Williams Gamaker's film 'Thieves' explores representation in the film industry, questioning who has power on set.
👖 John Costi's work shares intimate and personal parts of his life and includes the scent of Joop! cologne, bird song and an interactive penny game!
Free to visit at the South London Gallery: https://www.southlondongallery.org/whats-on/
🚨 It's the last weekend to see our two Peckham 24 exhibitions in the Fire Station! 🚨 Photos by Marvel Harris and Fion Hung Ching Yan reflect on the theme of body language.
📸 Harris shares his personal battles with mental illness, self-love, acceptance and gender identity.
📸 Ching-Yan explores identity and the family while also looking at traditional Chinese stereotypes.
Don't miss out - free to visit until this Sunday 11 June: https://www.southlondongallery.org/exhibitions/peckham-24-2023/
📢 Next Wednesday 14 June, artist John Costi hosts a night of poetry and music at the SLG!
Rhett Nicholl and Bill Daggs will present musical performances alongside poems from Costi's new, deeply personal publication and Ronnie Hill and Tony Yella AKA Ashley Loxton will share spoken word.
Don't miss out, book now:
Join us for an evening of spoken word and music curated and hosted by artist and the SLG’s 12th Postgraduate Artist in Residence, John Costi.
☕💛 Huge news: our café, South London Louie, is now open on Mondays!
From 10am - 3pm every Monday, they'll be serving up hot and cold drinks, delicious pastries and toasties made with their own sourdough... 😋
Need an excuse to treat yourself? Come and say hello!
https://www.southlondongallery.org/your-visit/south-london-louie/
On Fri 2 Jun, the British Art Network research group Chai Shai: Asian British Art will join artist Michelle Williams Gamaker for a free reading event at the SLG.
The group will discuss texts such as ‘The China Mystique’ by Karen J. Leong, and their wider interests in the politics of race and representation.
The Chai Shai: Asian British Art research group aims to challenge the under-representation and invisibility of Asian British women artists.
Find out more and book your free ticket
https://www.southlondongallery.org/events/chai-shai-research-reading-group/
🌱 It’s Children's Gardening Week 🌱
Come and explore our garden in the sun with our free family worksheet!
Our gardens are open to explore every Saturday and Sunday, 11am – 6pm.
https://www.southlondongallery.org/events/childrens-garden-trail-may/
Our friends at Deptford X have launched their open call for Supported Commissions.
Open to Black and People of Colour early career artists residing in Lewisham.
Selected artists will receive a fee of £1000 and a production budget for the work of up to £800. They will receive close curatorial and technical support in producing and installing the work.
Deadline is midnight on the 11 Jun 2023, find out more and apply now:
Deptford X Supported is back again this year with funding for 3 projects to be commissioned for the 2023 Deptford X festival.
COMING THIS JULY:
🌊 Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes 🇳🇬
Known as ‘Little Lagos’, Peckham is home to one of the largest Nigerian diaspora communities in the UK. This major group exhibition looks at the connections between Lagos in Nigeria and Peckham.
The show highlights the relationships, culture, shared history, communities and art that link the two places, through work by thirteen Nigerian and British Nigerian artists.
Free to visit, opening 5 July.
Find out more: https://www.southlondongallery.org/exhibitions/lagos-peckham-repeat/
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The exhibition is generously supported by Cockayne Grants for the Arts, a donor advised fund at The London Community Foundation; Henry Moore Foundation; British Council; Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa); and Concrete Projects.
🎉 Huge congratulations to all of the 2023 finalists!
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To celebrate our exhibition, 'Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes', we spoke with local creatives based in south London about how their relationships with Peckham and Nigeria plays a role in their work. Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes is free to visit and on until 29 Oct. https://www.southlondongallery.org/exhibitions/lagos-peckham-repeat/ Film by Luke Frsh
LITTLE LAGOS: Meet The Flygerians two sisters bringing Nigerian cooking to south London! The SLG's exhibition 'Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes' explores the connections between Peckham in London and Lagos in Nigeria through the work of 13 artists. To celebrate the show, we spoke with local creatives about how their relationships with London and Nigeria play a role in their work. Find out more about Little Lagos through their stories in the full video: https://youtu.be/gmC97Zx57BA?si=thwsrQXSeK4RW8b0 🎨 'Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes' is free to visit and on until 29 Oct. 📽️: Luke Frsh
🍻🔊 At the SLG, you can drink the art! We sat down with Chris from Orbit Beers to find out about their collaboration with artist Emeka Ogboh, a golden ale, called 'No Food for Lazy Man'. Hear about how they played the sounds of Lagos on huge speakers in the brewery while the beer was fermenting. Visit the SLG to listen to some of the same sounds as you walk around the exhibition. Crates of the beer are on display as part of our exhibition 'Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes', and you can get your hands on a bottle in our shop today!
Artist Adeyemi Michael talks rollerskating through Peckham and his fond memories of growing up in this corner of south east London. Adeyemi’s work ‘Entitled’ features in the current exhibition at the SLG, ‘Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes’. In his film, he subverts colonial narratives by casting his own mother as a conqueror, riding triumphantly through Peckham on a horse. Hear the artist discuss the work and the installation at the SLG, which is a recreation of his childhood living room. Free to visit at @southlondongallery, until 29 Oct.
Alayo Akinkugbe from @ablackhistoryofart explores Victor Ehikhamenor's new work 'Cathedral of the Mind' at the SLG. ❤️🕊 Part of the current exhibition, 'Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes', free to visit, until 29 Oct.
What makes an artist authentic? Co-curator of ‘Lagos, Peckham, Repeat’ Folakunle Oshun sat down with Yinka Shonibare to talk about his connections to both Lagos and London. Watch the full interview in person at the SLG or online - head to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FgQne8Ib_A ‘Lagos, Peckham, Repeat’ is free to visit at the South London Gallery until 29 Oct. _______________________ With thanks to the Yinka Shonibare Studio, Yinka Shonibare CBE and Folakunle Oshun. Film by Gordon Beswick.
Did you know that Yinka Shonibare CBE almost became a lawyer? 😲 Co-curator of 'Lagos, Peckham, Repeat' Folakunle Oshun sat down with artist Yinka Shonibare to talk about his connections to both Lagos and London. Head to our YouTube channel to watch the full video!
★★★★ – The Guardian ★★★★ – Evening Standard ★★★★ – Culture Whisper 🥰 'Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes' at the South London Gallery has been open one week! Free to visit, the group exhibition explores the connections between Lagos in Nigeria and Peckham in south east London.
TWO DAYS TO GO! 🌊 Join us this Wed 5 July, 6.30-8.30pm for the opening of Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes 🇳🇬 Featuring the work of 13 Nigerian and British-Nigerian artists, the show explores the connections between Lagos and Peckham. Find out more: https://www.southlondongallery.org/exhibitions/lagos-peckham-repeat/
Join us on set with artist Michelle Williams Gamaker as she takes us behind the scenes of her latest film, ‘Thieves’. 🎥✨ Free to visit at the SLG, until 18 June.
'Goals' is a new project by artist duo YARA + DAVINA who worked with the young people at Art Block to think about their personal and collective goals through the mediums of art and football. ⚽️ Head to our YouTube channel to watch the full video or visit our online Journal and read a Q&A with the artists.
🔊 Meet Jordan Minga, an artist, poet and tinkerer. Minga worked with artist Meera Shakti Osborne on 'department of Unruly histories', a collective sonic and material archive built on post-colonial migration stories in London. The audio piece entitled 'Performance. Personality. A portrait?' is installed in the Orozco Garden at the South London Gallery. Free to visit, every weekend until 28 May.
Come and explore our green spaces with our free garden worksheet. 🐝🌿As part of #TheWildEscape, an Art Fund project celebrating UK wildlife and creativity, join us on Sat 22 Apr and find out more about the Orozco Garden. Have fun and be creative this #EarthDay with our free worksheet for children and families! Drop in anytime from 11am-6pm. 🎨
"Making a film is a deeply collaborative process." 🎥 Hear from artist Michelle Williams Gamaker as she discusses how her new film, 'Thieves', became a reality made possible with generous supporters and working with other creatives. As part of the filmmaking process, Williams Gamaker employed emerging moving image artists, giving them a chance to experience a large set and to collaborate with and learn from each other.
Visit artist Michelle Williams Gamaker in her studio as she discusses her long held fascination with film and how cinema is the perfect form of escapism! Williams Gamaker’s exhibition at the South London Gallery premieres an exciting new film work titled ‘Thieves’. Free to visit until 18 June. _ 🎥: @icenistudios
Meet Michelle Williams Gamaker in her studio at Gasworks as she talks to us about her new film work, Thieves. 🎥 The film explores race, identity, her love of cinema and the power of storytelling. It takes inspiration from early Hollywood and British cinema, celebrating the classic movies she watched growing up. Williams Gamaker's exhibition opens at the South London Gallery on 31 March and is free to visit!
🎥 OPENING NEXT WEEK! 🎥 MICHELLE WILLIAMS GAMAKER: OUR MOUNTAINS ARE PAINTED ON GLASS Michelle Williams Gamaker’s new film Thieves is a fantasy adventure retelling of The Thief of Bagdad. The Thief of Bagdad is a silent, black and white film from 1924, which was remade in colour in 1940. 🎥 The film explores race, identity, her love of cinema and the power of storytelling. It takes inspiration from early Hollywood and British cinema, celebrating the classic movies she watched growing up. Our Mountains Are Painted On Glass opens at the South London Gallery on 31 March and is free to visit. https://www.southlondongallery.org/exhibitions/michelle-williams-gamaker/
Meet John Costi, the SLG’s 12th Postgraduate Artist in Residence! Join us in Costi’s studio at the gallery and find out more about his work. His exhibition, titled ‘Found Football Difficult’ opens at the South London Gallery on 31 March and is free to visit. We can’t wait for you to see it! 🔥
What happens when you give a group of children the freedom to plan a creative project? 🎦🧁🏊♀️
Meet Yukako Tanaka✨Her film, ‘Recalling the future’, features in Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2022 and explores time and memory through a combination of art, science and philosophy. Hear Tanaka discuss how she blends science fiction with personal documentation of her grandmother.
✨Meet Sherie Sitauze✨ The artist’s video work ‘mbedzi land, our land, queens land’, as part of Bloomberg Contemporaries 2022, is the product of extensive research on the VhaVenda, an ethnic group originating from southern Africa. Hear Sitauze talking about the ideas of time and knowledge that feature in this layered piece.
✨Meet Lou Baker✨ Her installation ‘Red is the colour of…’ features in Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2022 and brings together hanging streams of bright red wool. Hear the artist talk about how the meaning of a material can change dramatically when it appears, or is made, in an unexpected setting.
🌟 Missed our talk with artist Rene Matić and author and academic Emma Dabiri last year? Listen back to the conversation as they discuss Matić’s practice, identity, relationships to their hometowns and family, feelings of boredom and how they can be a springboard for an exciting, imaginative outlook on life. 🔗 Head to our YouTube channel to watch the full talk.
✨ Introducing Rudy Loewe ✨ Exploring the origins of Notting Hill Carnival, their work ‘Carnival #1’ features in Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2022. Loewe looks at the importance of archives and how they can be transformed into more accessible spaces. Listen to them talk about how their work creates platforms for a wider range of voices and narratives to be heard.
✨ Meet Josh Clague. ✨ His installation, ‘Mary Galvin’, as part of Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2022 focuses on the feelings of loss and love in the experience of mourning. The work brings together lyrics from pop songs, the smell of lavender, personal memories and textiles. Hear from Clague about how he tries to find ‘that balance between the joy and pain of grief’. See the work as part of @NewContemps, free to visit at the SLG until 12 March 2023.
Bloomberg New Contemporaries showcases the concerns and interests of emerging and early career artists. Recommended as The Guardian’s Exhibition of the Week, take a look at some of the works and spot the “Turner prize winners of the future” ✨ The exhibition is free to visit and on until 12 March 2023 – don't miss it!
In June 2022, we presented Valerie Asiimwe Amani's new performance and installation in partnership with the Roberts Institute of Art following five weeks in residence at the gallery. The performance brought together Amani’s interests in the varied ways in which cultures intersect, be that through music, food, faith, texts or dialogue. Find out more: https://www.southlondongallery.org/projects/valerie-asiimwe-amani/
It’s the last weekend to visit our current exhibitions! ✨ Simeon Barclay’s ‘In the Name of the Father’ and Rene Matić’s ‘upon this rock’ both end this Sun 27 Nov. They are free to visit, open all weekend - don’t miss out ✨
Rene Matić reads from their Zine, created to coincide with their show at the SLG, ‘upon this rock’. This weekend is the last chance to visit the exhibition, it ends on Sun 27 Nov! Don’t miss it ✨
The Conch is a forum for artists to present work in progress and receive feedback from the audience. Join us at our next one on 23 November!
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