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Because a Fire Was in my Head

Photographs of the group exhibition Because a Fire Was in my Head which was held at the South London Gallery from 5 April to 21 May 2000. It included works by Craig Bell, Guillame Bijl, John Carson, Chad McCail, Yael Robin, Erasmus Shroter, Mary E...

Urban Nomads

Photographs of the group exhibition Urban Nomads which took place at South London Gallery from 2 August to 2 September 2001. It included works by Nelly Agassi, Artlab Charlotte Cullinan and Jeanine Richards, Sandra Becker 01, Pia Greschner, Christ...

Nils Norman: Geocruiser

Photographs of the exhibition Nils Norman: Geocruiser presented by the South London Gallery from 22 to 25 September 2001. Geocruiser was an open access mobile library and education centre housed in a converted coach, designed by Nils Norman with b...

Keith Tyson SuperCollider

Photographs of the solo exhibition Keith Tyson SuperCollider which took place at the South London Gallery from 16 January to 17 March 2002. Supercollider launched the exhibition programme at the South London Gallery under the new directorship of M...

Christian Boltanski: Les Abonnes du Telephone

Photographs of the solo show of Christian Boltanski: Les Abonnes du Telephone which took place at the South London Gallery from 27 March to 5 May 2002. The artist transformed the space into an extraordinary library of about 3,000 telephone direct...

20 Million Mexicans Can't be Wrong

Photographs of the group exhibition '20 Million Mexicans Can't be Wrong' which was held at the South London Gallery from 18 September to 3 November 2002, and curated by Cuauhtémoc Medina. The photographs also include installations a...

Independence

Photographs of the group exhibition Independence which was held at the South London Gallery from 3 June to 3 August 2003.In 2003, the South London Gallery separated from Southwark Council, of which it had been a part for nearly a century, and star...

Tom Friedman: Solo Exhibition

Installation photographs of Tom Friedman's solo exhibition which took place at the South London Gallery from 15 June to 1 August 2004. Friedman transformed familiar household items, from masking tape to toilet paper and toothpicks to bubblegu...

Perfectly Placed

Installation photographs of the group exhibition which was held at the South London Gallery from 6 to 29 August 2004. It included works by Adam Chodzko, Cornford & Cross, Goshka Macuga, Janette Parris and Paula Roush. Throughout August the Sou...

Showcase Preview

Installation photographs of the group exhibition ShowCASe Preview which was held at the South London Gallery from 19 November to 19 December 2004. It included works by Shahin Afrassiabi, Matt Calderwood, Angela De La Cruz, Kate Davis, Shezad Dawoo...

Council and Trustees

The gallery's trust deed from 1891 and the registers of those who attended the gallery's annual council meetings in 1891, 1892 and 1893.

Finance

Mostly handwritten notes relating to the gallery's accounts from 1886 to 1895.

Letters

Thirteen letters, including one from Francis Knollys, secretary to the Prince of Wales, about the opening of the lecture hall, and one from Kenneth Sharpe, keeper of the South London Art Gallery, to Tommy Steele about finding a suitable home for a...

Building

Copies of reproductions of the exterior of Portland House and the lecture hall (both are reprinted from 1893 publications) and a floorplan of the gallery, probably drawn in the 1930s (notes about a different building on the back of the paper are d...

Press cuttings

An article from an unknown publication about William Rossiter and how he set of the South London Working Men's College and the South London Gallery. It also makes reference to his wife Elizabeth Rossiter's work with 'Country Schools...

Print materials from 2003

Print and marketing materials relating to exhibitions and events at the South London Gallery during 2003, several of which relate to the Independence exhibition.

Print materials from 2004

Print and marketing materials relating to exhibitions and events at the South London Gallery during 2004 (some activities happened off-site while the gallery was closed for building work).

John Loftus

An interview conducted by the Art Assassins (the South London Gallery's young people's group) with John Loftus, who was the site manager during the restoration of the former Peckham Road Fire Station. John grew up in Peckham and knows th...

Dorothy Batten

An interview with Dorothy Batten who, as a child, attended the Pioneer Health Centre in Peckham with her family. The interview was conducted by the Art Assassins (the South London Gallery's young people's group) as part of the their proj...

Henrietta Trotter

An interview with Henrietta Trotter who used to work at the Pioneer Health Centre in Peckham. The interview was conducted by the Art Assassins (the South London Gallery's young people's group) as part of the their project focused on the ...

Liz Sibthorpe

An interview with Liz Sibthorpe, conducted by Ben Messih (SLG Heritage Education Manager) about the former Camberwell House Lunatic Asylum. Liz excavated objects from land where the asylum had once been located (part of the grounds of the asylum w...

Ireland - The Right to Know

Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 12 October 1989 during the private view of the exhibition ‘Ireland - The Right to Know: an exhibition of drawings, paintings, photographs, posters and work in other media on the...

Southwark Arts Education Showcase

Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 23 November 1989 during the private view of the exhibition ‘Southwark Arts Education Showcase 1989: Art from 3 to 103 Exhibition.'

Other than Itself: Stories in Photography

Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 12 June 1990 during the exhibition ‘Other than Itself: Stories in Photography. An Exhibition of photographs by John Berger, Karen Knorr, Olivier Richon and Marie Yates.'

Southwark Open Exhibition

Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 20 September 1990 during the private view of the Southwark Open Exhibition.

Terra Nova (artworks)

Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 13 November 1990 of the exhibition ‘Terra Nova: Contemporary Latin American Art by Artists Working in London' prior to its opening on 16 November.

Terra Nova (private view)

Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 15 November 1990 during the private view of the exhibition ‘Terra Nova: Contemporary Latin American Art by Artists Working in London.'

Terra Nova (first day of exhibition)

Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 16 November 1990, the first day of the exhibition ‘Terra Nova: Contemporary Latin American Art by Artists Working in London.'

Terra Nova (event)

Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery at a music event held during the exhibition ‘Terra Nova: Contemporary Latin American Art by Artists Working in London.'

A Slice of Southwark (private view)

Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 9 May 1991 during the private view of the exhibition ‘A Slice of Southwark: Southwark Open Exhibition (Centenary Year).'

A Slice of Southwark (event)

Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 21 May 1991 at an event held during the exhibition ‘A Slice of Southwark: Southwark Open Exhibition (Centenary Year).'

A Slice of Southwark (Kenneth Sharpe)

Four photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 24 May 1991 during the exhibition 'A Slice of Southwark: Southwark Open Exhibition (Centenary Year)', three of which are of the then keeper of the gallery Kenneth...

A Slice of Southwark (children's workshop)

Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 5 June 1991 at a workshop held for children during the exhibition ‘A Slice of Southwark: Southwark Open Exhibition (Centenary Year).'

Mutual Aims

Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 4 July 1991 during the private view of the exhibition ‘Mutual Aims.'

Black Perspectives

Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 21 May 1987 during the private view of the exhibition ‘Black Perspectives: an exhibition organised by Sojourner Truth Youth Association featuring works by black artists in South...

Southwark Arts Education Showcase

Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 12 December 1989 during the exhibition ‘Southwark Arts Education Showcase 1989: Art from 3 to 103,' held at the SLG from 24 November to 14 December 1989.

Cleveland International Drawing Biennale

Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 7 May 1992 during the private view of the exhibition ‘10th Cleveland International Drawing Biennale,' held at the SLG from 8 May to 19 June 1992.

The Ateliers: Art from Southwark Studios

Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 9 July 1992 during the private view of the exhibition ‘The Ateliers: Art from Southwark Studios,' held at the SLG from 10 July to 7 August 1992.

Crossing Black Waters

Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 17 September 1992 during the private view of the exhibition ‘Crossing Black Waters (Asian Artists National Touring Exhibition),' held at the SLG from 18 September to 18 Oct...

Origin: Southwark and Lewisham Open Exhibition

Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 12 November 1992 during the private view of the exhibition ‘Origin: Southwark and Lewisham Open Exhibition,' held at the SLG from 13 November to 16 December 1992.

Ron Haselden: Golden Crescent

Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 12 January 1993 of Ron Haselden's light installation outside the South London Gallery, which was on display from 12 January to 28 February 1993 while the main gallery was b...

Sweet Home

Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 11 February 1993 during the private view of the exhibition ‘Sweet Home,' held at the SLG from 12 February to 11 March 1993. The show featured sculpture and installations by...

The South London Open Exhibition

Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 10 September 1987 during the private view of the exhibition ‘The South London Open Exhibition: Artists Living in Southwark, Lambeth, Lewisham.'

Permeations: Light in the Attic

Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 13 May 1993 during the private view of the exhibition ‘Permeations: Light in the Attic.' held at the SLG from 14 May to 20 June 1993. The exhibition showed prints from the ...

The South London Open Exhibition (event)

Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 29 September 1987 during an event held as part of the exhibition ‘The South London Open Exhibition: Artists Living in Southwark, Lambeth, Lewisham.'

Influences

Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 8 September 1988 during the private view of the exhibition 'Influences: The Art of Sokari Douglas Camp, Keith Piper, Lubaina Himid, Simone Alexander, Joseph Olubo, Brenda A...

On Show: A profile of Southwark

Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 24 November 1988 during the private view of the exhibition 'On Show: A profile of Southwark.'

Ron Haselden: Golden Crescent

Two colour slides showing a 25-foot light installation by Ron Haselden which scaled the façade of the South London Gallery during its brief closure for renovations, from 12 January to 28 February 1993. The installation was constructed from 12 floo...

Sweet Home

Installation photographs of the group exhibition Sweet Home which was held at the South London Gallery from 12 February to 11 March 1993. It featured sculpture and installations by Anya Gallaccio, Pat Kaufman, Cornelia Parker and Pat Thornton. The...

Steven Campbell: Pinocchio's Present

Installation photographs of the solo exhibition 'Steven Campbell: Pinocchio's Present' held at the South London Gallery from 17 September to 31 October 1993. The show included 15 new oil paintings by the artist and was accompanied b...

The Sculpture of C. Jagdish

Installation photographs of the solo exhibition 'The Sculpture of C. Jagdish' which was held at the South London Gallery from 12 November to 19 December 1993. The artist created life-size figures of people and animals made out of papier-...

Vivan Sundaram: Map, Monument, Fallen Mortal

Installation photographs of the solo exhibition 'Vivan Sundaram: Map, Monument, Fallen Mortal' which took place at the South London Gallery from 14 January to 20 February 1994. It included sculptures and drawings that were made during Su...

Shelagh Wakely: Rainsquare

Installation photographs of work by Shelagh Wakely, exhibited in the rear garden at the South London Gallery from 28 September to 30 October 1994. The work consisted of glass squares covered with sheets of silvery aluminium leaf. Through the natur...

Rasheed Araeen

Installation photographs of Rasheed Araeen's solo exhibition which took place at the South London Gallery from 11 November to 18 December 1994. The exhibition concentrated on Araeen's 'grid patterns': 9 equal size panels arrang...

Distant Voices: Contemporary Art from the Czech Republic

Installation photographs of the group exhibition Distant Voices which was held at the South London Gallery from 28 April to 20 May 1994 and organised by Susan Copping. It included works by Milena Dopitová, Ivan Kafka, Petr Nikl, Václaw Stratil.The...

Nicholas May: Recent Paintings

Installation photographs of the solo exhibition 'Nicholas May: Recent Paintings' which took place at the South London Gallery from 25 May to 26 June 1994.

Rose Garrard: Arena for Conversation

Installation photographs of the solo exhibition 'Rose Garrard: Arena for Conversation' which took place at the South London Gallery from 17 August to 18 September 1994. Arena for Conversation was a story-telling project and installation,...

Shaheen Merali: Channels, Echoes and Empty Chairs

Photographs of Shaheen Merali's audio-visual installation 'Channels, Echoes and Empty Chairs' which was exhibited at the South London Gallery from 28 September to 30 October 1994. Arranged in fifteen light-boxes with a dynamic sound...

Michael Petry: The Garden of Enlightenment

Photographs of the video installation 'The Garden of Enlightenment' by Michael Petry starring Michael Cashman exhibited at the South London Gallery from 28 September to 30 October 1994. It was an interactive installation consisting of f...

Bad Brains: John Dutton & Peter Snadden

Installation photographs of the exhibition 'Bad Brains: John Dutton & Peter Snadden' which was held at the South London Gallery from 27 January to 26 February 1995. The exhibition displayed over 300 modular silver panel works that to...

Southwark Open: South London Gallery

Installation photographs of the group Southwark Open which was held at the South London Gallery from 20 November to 17 December 1995. Anyone who lived and worked in the Borough of Southwark was able to submit one work of art for the exhibition wit...

"What Makes Me, What Makes You"

Photographs of the solo installation and performance 'What Makes Me, What Makes You' by Derek Ogbourne which took place at the South London Gallery from 27 March to 4 April 1996.The artist built a wall in the gallery to create a private ...

Stuart Brisley: Black

Installation photographs of the solo exhibition 'Stuart Brisley: Black' which took place at the South London Gallery from 29 May to 7 July 1996. The exhibition included paintings, prints and sculptures. Most of the works exhibited had as...

Sherrie Levine: New Photography

Installation photographs of the solo exhibition 'Sherrie Levine: New Photography' which took place at the South London Gallery from 10 September to 20 October 1996. The show consisted of five photographic series, one "after" Ce...

Bill Viola: The Messenger

Photographs of the video installation 'The Messenger' by Bill Viola showed at the South London Gallery from 19 February to 13 March 1997. The video work was originally commissioned by, and displayed at, Durham Cathedral in September 1996...

Summer Collection '97

Installation photographs of the group exhibition 'Summer Collection '97' which was held at the South London Gallery from 30 July to 31 August 1997. It included works by Anna Best, Juan Cruz, Ritsuko Hidaka, Matts Liederstam, Jason ...

Donald Rodney: 9 Night in Eldorado

Photographs of the solo exhibition Donald Rodney: 9 Night in Eldorado which was held at the South London Gallery from 10 September to 12 October 1997 and included new installation, sculpture and photographic pieces. The exhibition was in honour of...

Parallel Universe

Installation photographs of the group exhibition 'Parallel Universe' which was held at the South London Gallery from 13 to 22 March 1998. It included works by Ansuman Biswas, Paul Wong and Liliane Karnouk. The exhibition organised by Ar...

Jorge Molder

Photographs of Jorge Molder's solo exhibition which took place at the South London Gallery from 16 May to 21 June 1998. The exhibition was curated by Susan Copping on behalf of Portugal 600, a British Foundation connecting the arts and cultur...

Sound Factory

Photographs of the series of workshops 'Sound Factory' which took place at the South London Gallery from 10 August to 21 August 1998, in collaboration with Hatice Abdullah and Nicola Hood. The project focused on working with young people...

Drive By: New Art from LA

Photographs of the group exhibition 'Drive By: New Art from LA' which was held at the South London Gallery from 20 April to 30 May 1999. It included works by Kevin Appel, Jeff Burton, Liz Craft, Jason Meadows, Catherine Opie. The five a...

Sean Scully: New Paintings

Photographs of the solo exhibition 'Sean Scully: New Paintings' which took place at the South London Gallery from 16 June to 1 August 1999. The eleven new paintings were created by the artist specially for SLG.

Non Place Urban Realm

Photographs of the group exhibition 'Non Place Urban Realm' which took place at the South London Gallery from 9 to 21 August 1999. It included works by Marcelo Expósito, Marc Patout and Paul O' Neil and was curated by Monste Romaní....

Vanished! A Video Séance

Photographs of the video installation 'Vanished! A Video Séance' by Brian Catling and Tony Grisoni which was shown at the South London Gallery from 25 to 31 October 1999. The video installation drew on a true story from the 1930s about a...

Route 12:36 / Open 2000

Photographs of 'Route 12:36 / Open 2000' organised by the South London Gallery from 20 June to 1 July 2000, and curated by Jane Bilton.In June 2000, the South London Gallery launched four new commissions for Route 12:36, the gallery'...

Karen Kilimnik: Solo Exhibition

Photographs of Karen Kilimnik's solo exhibition which took place at South London Gallery from 9 to 13 July 2000. It was the first solo show in London of work by the American painter and installation artist. The paintings reflected her love of...

Domestic Bliss

Photographs of the group exhibition 'Domestic Bliss' which was held at the South London Gallery from 4 of August to 10 September 2000. It included work by Tom Friedman, Ana Prada, Tonico Lemos Auad, Jonny Moore, Yukinori Yamada.The theme...

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