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
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
Artist Flags // She is still alive!
Artist Rosa-Johan Uddoh was co-commissioned by Southwark Park Galleries and The Bower to create two new artworks for our public flagpoles in Southwark and Brunswick Park. Launched during Black History Month 2022, the work celebrates the life and work of Southwark resident
Artist Flags // Wampanoag Power and The British Dream
Habib Hajallie
As part of our Black History Month celebrations and in solidarity with Southwark Stands Together, we are pleased to launch the second in our annual series of flag commissions for Southwark Park by artist Habib Hajallie, supported by Omni Colour. Two flags
Bermondsey Bothy
In 2018 we launched our Bermondsey Bothy, a permanent outdoor art workshop and residency site built by Scottish artist Bobby Niven (co-founder, Bothy Project) to host a Residency Programme for artists. This programme provides a unique environment in which we can support their development by providing
Artist Flags // What Looks To Be A Piece Of Fruit & Loose Teeth And Stinking Breath
Holly Graham
We are proud to launch two newly commissioned flags in Southwark Park, by artist Holly Graham. The flags titled ‘What Looks To Be A Piece Of Fruit’ and ‘Loose Teeth And Stinking Breath’ form part of To Us It Just Looks Like
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
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)