CGP London 30th Anniversary 2014
2014 saw the anniversary of CGP London, a public art gallery that began in a derelict park cafe and now boasts unique exhibition spaces across two sites in on of London’s most beautiful parks, a model record of community engagement, and a
BY OUR SELVES THE INSTALLATION
Andrew Kötting & Iain Sinclair
Toby Jones, Iain Sinclair and Andrew Kötting (dressed as a Straw Bear), made an eighty mile walk from Epping Forest to Helpston in Northamptonshire, following in the footsteps of the poet John Clare. Clare’s delirious march is the catalyst for the project.
Folles de leur corps // Crazy about their bodies
Sharon Kivland
CGP London is pleased to announce a new installation by Sharon Kivland. Entitled Folles de leur corps / Crazy about their bodies, the installation, which considers the relation between woman and her body, will include a reading room, a film-screening and an
The Mechanical Garden and Other Long Encores
A Woodmill production, conceived by Naomi Pearce
The Mechanical Garden and Other Long Encores takes a speculative diagram drawn by the late artist Stephen Cripps as its starting point. Over a period of two months, this is re-imagined by emerging artists Ben Burgis, Stuart Middleton and Richard Sides as
BEG, BORROW, STEAL #4
A Performance Event Curated by Laura Dee Milnes
The 4th edition of BEG, BORROW, STEAL returned to its original birthplace in Dilston Grove, in the form of an afternoon and evening of performance, video, sound, craft and music art works by WOMEN, for EVERYONE! Inspired by Riot Grrrlz (and every
EMPTY, THEATRE, DREAM
BY CORALI DANCE COMPANY
A 30th Anniversary Commission for CGP London 1984-2014. Empty, Theatre, Dream is inspired by dreams the performers have had. Performed by: Graham Evans, Housni Hassan (DJ), Bethan Kendrick, Jackie Ryan Devised by: the performers, Sarah Archdeacon and Jacobus Flynn, with sound and music by Daniel
Nothing Can Stop Us Now
Richard Grayson
In a series of partnerships between Matt’s Gallery and CGP London, Richard Grayson presents a multiscreen sound and video installation. Nothing Can Stop Us Now features the song ‘Stalin wasn’t Stallin’ memorably covered by Robert Wyatt on his 1982 album ‘Nothing Can Stop
MARK TITCHNER
In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the opening of Cafe Gallery and the 15th anniversary of the opening Dilston Grove, CGP London has, for the very first time, commissioned a single artist to present works across it’s two venues. At Dilston
UNIT
2nd Year Fine Art Camberwell College of Art
Dictionary Definition: 1. A single thing or person. 2. Any group of things or persons regarded as an entity: They formed a cohesive unit. 3. One of the individuals or groups that together constitute a whole; one of the parts or elements
THE ROOM AND EVERYTHING IN IT
AN EXHIBITION BY TUESDAY STUDIOS
Collaborations between seven people with severe intellectual disabilities and seven artists they have worked with each Tuesday over the past three years at Project Art Works in Hastings, Sussex, exhibited together for the first time. Writer Charlotte Moore said: “My son Sam,
Ω = 1
STEVEN PIPPIN
Developed over the past 10 years the Ω = 1 project has been concerned with the possibility of placing a pencil into a state of perfect balance, and holding it there permanently motionless. The idea originated in 2003 whilst coming across a
BEG, BORROW, STEAL #2
A Performance Event Curated by Laura Dee Milnes & Sarah Gavin
BEG, BORROW, STEAL #2 is a day-long curated programme of performance art at Dilston Grove in Southwark Park, featuring a host of artists from dark corners, glittery stages, white-walled galleries and gravelly gutters. It is commonly speculated that many who create that
PROMISED LAND
Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen
An Autograph ABP and CGP London collaboration. The vast raw space of Dilston Grove welcomes three works by the internationaly acclaimed artist Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen. Since graduating in 2001, Danish artist Larsen has primarily been working with film and video. Often
BEG, BORROW, STEAL #1
A Performance Event Curated by Laura Dee Milnes
A curated programme of live art at CGP London | Dilston Grove, featuring a host of artists from dark corners, glittery stages, white-walled galleries and gravelly gutters. For centuries, it has been widely recognised that many who create that anomaly known as