Created within the socio-political cul de sac that is post-Brexit Britain, Pigeon Park pokes fun at the inherited hierarchies of the old order and asks the question of the role and relevance of art as a luxurious commodity in times of social prohibition and uncertainty. As we emerged from lockdown life, creatives were under increasing pressure from art institutions and the government alike to accept a future of online viewing rooms and quit our hobbies to get a real job, which got us thinking? Art is a non-vicarious experience which you should see, smell and taste. Don’t let the economists use a pandemic to dilute, cleanse and commodify your culture into profit. Found nestling within the cavernous former Victorian baths of Walworth, the exhibition will transform the building into an immersive space that invites human presence, participation and play, by using aesthetics of excess, mischief, self-deprecating humour and the peculiar.
Alvaro Barrington, Richie Culver, Littlewhitehead Jeremy Deller, Sarah Dwyer, Rosie Gibbens, Sophie Goodchild,
Abigail Hampsey, Mark Leckey, Rosie McGinn, Catriona Robertson and Georg Wilson.