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...
Part one of an interview with Liz Sibthorpe about her research into Camberwell House Lunatic Asylum, and the objects associated with the asylum which she excavated. Listen to the interview here
Part two of an interview with Liz Sibthorpe about her research into Camberwell House Lunatic Asylum, and the objects associated with the asylum which she excavated. Listen to the interview here
A collection of black-and-white photographs taken by freelance photographer Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery in the 1980s and early 1990s. Most were taken at the time of private views of exhibitions. Generally the photographs were com...
Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 11 September 1986 during the private view of the exhibition 'The South London Open: a multi cultural exhibition of work on paper.'
Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 14 June during the exhibition ‘Clouds over South Africa and Soweto Images: a joint exhibition of paintings, drawings and photographs.'
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...
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.'
Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 26 April 1990 during the private view of the exhibition ‘Along the Lines of Resistance: An exhibition of contemporary feminist art.'
Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 12 May 1990 during an event held as part of the exhibition ‘Along the Lines of Resistance: An exhibition of contemporary feminist art.'
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.'
Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 12 July 1990 during the private view of the exhibition ‘Let the Canvas Come to Life with Dark Faces.'
Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 23 July 1990 at a summer workshop for children held during the exhibition ‘Let the Canvas Come to Life with Dark Faces.'
Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 10 September 1990 during the selection phase of works for the Southwark Open Exhibition.
Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 20 November 1986 during the private view of the exhibition ‘South East London Art Group 1986: 40th Annual Exhibition.'
Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 5 October 1990 at a children's workshop held during the Southwark Open Exhibition.
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.
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.'
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.'
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.'
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).'
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).'
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...
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).'
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...
Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 8 September 1989 during the the exhibition ‘Southwark Open Exhibition: paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture,' held at the SLG from 8 to 28 September 1989.
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.
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.
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.
Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 4 August 1992 during a children's workshop held during the exhibition ‘The Ateliers: Art from Southwark Studios.'
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...
Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 16 October 1992 during a children's workshop held during the exhibition ‘Crossing Black Waters.'
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.
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...
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...
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.'
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 ...
Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 17 June 1993 at a children's workshop held during the the exhibition ‘Permeations: Light in the Attic.'
Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 9 May 1994 during the exhibition ‘Distant Voices: Contemporary Art from the Czech Republic,' held at the SLG from 28 April to 20 May 1994.
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.'
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...
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.'
Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 23 February 1989 during the private view of the exhibition ‘Camberwell Fine Art: an Exhibition of Painting, Sculpture and Drawing by Third Year Students.'
Photographs taken by Phil Polglaze at the South London Art Gallery on 11 May 1989 during the private view of the exhibition ‘An Exhibition of Graffiti Art: Untold Stories - Unseen Realms.'
The slide collection contains photographs of many of the exhibitions held at the South London Gallery from 1993 to 2005. It also includes photographs of exhibitions and live art performances that took place off-site, and photographs of the gallery...
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...
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...
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...
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-...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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,...
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...