In a lush green park, a white flagpole depicts a colourful flag of an oil painting of a reaching child.
July 2024 - July 2025 // Outdoors Lake Gallery   //   Public Art

ARTISTS FLAG // JOY LABINJO

For Southwark Park Galleries’ 40th anniversary annual public flagpole, Joy Labinjo has produced a new flag from her Lake Gallery body of work We Are Briefly Gorgeous (2024) that celebrates our local community in her largest London institutional exhibition to date. The

July 2024 - July 2025 // Outdoors Dilston Gallery   //   Public Art

ARTISTS FLAG // PAUL PURGAS

Artist and musician Paul Purgas presents one of Southwark Park Galleries’ annual public flagpole commissions, honouring our 40th birthday year and presented outside Dilston Gallery. A new commission, and created alongside his installation In the Temple of the Earth for Dilston Gallery, the

Black and white public park sign directing onwards in every direction by Marcia Farquhar
Launched 13 September 2018   //   Public Art

Onwards
Marcia Farquhar

‘Onwards’ was commissioned as part of Marcia Farquhar’s 2018 first ‘non-survey’ show DIFFIKUΛT. Much of her work makes frequent and subversive use of familiar cultural forms, ‘Onwards’ is no stranger to this leading us in five different directions with a single recurring

Launched 18 March 2018   //   Public Art

Nest Box Sculpture Trail // Questions & Answers (after Paul Celan)
Alec Finlay

In spring 2018, Southwark Park Galleries launched a new permanent nest box sculpture trail across the gallery’s park surroundings, by the Scottish artist and poet Alec Finlay. Download the trail map for free Watch // Park Wanderings (After Alec Finlay After Paul Celan)