Sculpture and performances for everyone to discover
No.32 are proud to announce the 4th edition of London’s largest sculpture park – Winter Sculpture Park at the former Thamesmead golf course in Woolwich.
The free sculpture park will invite visitors to explore and discover experimental contemporary art in an outdoor setting, encouraging audiences across all ages to roam and get lost in the exhibition grounds stretching across 6.5 acres of grassland along the banks of the river Thames.
Closed to the public for over a decade, naturally rewilded, and home to local intrigue and exploration, the disused golf course provides the perfect backdrop for communion for art, nature and people of London.
Founded and curated by the No.32 founders Meg Stuart and Kieran Idle, the sculpture park provides an exciting opportunity for artists and visitors to experience and discover public art in an unexpected location.
Winter Sculpture Park will present 40 artworks by 34 artists across a broad range of mediums including Yorkshire Sculpture Park exhibiting artist Claye Bowler whose deeply personal practise explores the relationship between queerness, landscape and the body; Ellie Harrison whose climate change inspired work Life Raft was previously exhibited at Venice Biennale 2015; East London Art Prize finalist Joseph Ijoyemi whose work tackles questions of identity, heritage, and cultural memory; Chloë Louise Lawrence who weaves feelings of loss, longing, and nostalgia through a working class narrative; Chanel Vegas whose satirical sculptural work presents a leaning tower of trampolines symbolising the struggles within the NHS and the relentless battle to stay afloat amidst cycles of illness and recovery; Alegria Repila Smith’s profoundly moving memorial to women who have become victims of male violence; Prayer Room – a collaboration, artwork and project space co-founded by Ishmail De Niro, Dinosaur Kilby and Leah Hickey to function as a functional, multi-faith prayer space; Marcus Orlandi whose banners are influenced by the hyperbole of British tabloid headlines and Jenny Holzer’s Truism series; and much more.
No.32 are Meg Stuart and Kieran Idle – a curatorial collaboration born from a shared passion to create moments where art and alternative culture can disrupt daily life. No. 32 create big outdoor exhibitions to platform artists whose work they love; providing them with a space to be discovered, and shifting the focus from blockbuster art exhibitions in big brick venues to fantastical worlds of unexpected installations, sculpture and performances for everyone to discover.
Winter Sculpture Park will launch on Saturday 1 March with a day full of performances and music by Andy Ash, David Sappa, Emma Louise Moore, Tom Hackett with Julian Woodcock, Joseph Ijoyemi and SET Music, and workshops including Wildflower Seed Bomb making and Badge Making. The free tickets are now available to book.
Booking and Full details: galleryno32.co.uk
Thamesview Golf Centre, Fairview Drive, Thamesmead, SE28 8QH
