Contemporary Collection
The South London Gallery’s art collection is divided into the contemporary collection comprising approximately 145 works from post 1970, and the historic collection, embracing all earlier pieces. Today the SLG’s historic collection is managed by Southwark Council as part of the Southwark Art Collection. Much of the contemporary collection was acquired in the 1990s when the SLG began to collect contemporary works by artists such as Tracey Emin and Gavin Turk. You can see highlights from the SLG's contemporary collection below, click on Artist or Year to see all the works available online.
    Rene Matić
Kirby Estate, Bermondsey, 2022
    Rene Matić
Rene at Home, 2022
    Gabriel Orozco
The Orozco Garden, 2016
    Paul Morrison
Asplenium, 2010
    Chris Burden
The Brief Life of 14 Magnolia Doubles, 2007
    Saskia Olde Wolbers
Trailer, 2005
    Mark Titchner
What if this present were the World's last night?, 2005
    Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard
Anyone Else Isn't You, 2005
    Alfredo Jaar
Muxima (stills), 2005
    Adam Chodzko
Settlement, 2004
    Mark Dion
Secret Garden Biological Field Unit, 2004
    Mark Dion
Grotto, Secret Garden, 2004
    Cornford & Cross
Where is the work, 2004
    Lawrence Weiner
Untitled, 2003
    Christian Boltanski
Sound work for Les Abonnés du Téléphone, 2002
    Mark Wallinger
Not a Work of Art but a Piece of History, 2001
    Keith Tyson
Studio Wall Drawings, SLG 3.2 (Index), 2001
    Marc Camille Chaimowicz
Pendulum Polaroids, 2000
    Mark Wallinger
The Word in the Desert III, 2000
    Angus Fairhurst
A Couple of Differences Between Thinking and Feeling, 2000
    Anya Gallaccio
So Now The Leaves Are Falling Fast, 2000
    Lawrence Weiner
AT A DISTANCE TO THE FOREGROUND, 1999
    Gavin Turk
The Droste Effect, 1998
    Rut Blees Luxemberg
Feuchte Blätter (Moist Leaves Moist Sheets); Die Ziehende Tiefe (The Wandering Depth), 1998; 1999
    Catherine Opie
Untitled #9 (from Mini-mall series), 1998
    Mimmo Paladino
Carte Siciliane No. 4; Shield (5), 1998; 1999
    Daniel Pflumm
Daniel Pflumm, 1998
    Sean Scully
Mirror Smoke, 1998
    Gillian Wearing
I'm Desperate, 1997
    Anna Best
A Real Pony Race for a Bridle, 1997
    Stephen Willats
Changing Everything, 1997
    Gavin Turk
Portrait of Something That I’ll Never Really See, 1997
    Eric Bainbridge
Drawings, 1997
    Donald Rodney
Flesh of my Flesh, 1996
    Keith Coventry
Sceaux Gardens Estate, 1995
    Gillian Wearing
Dancing in Peckham, 1994
    Bill Woodrow
Periodic Table, 1994
    Anish Kapoor
Untitled 1-15, 1994-95
    Tracey Emin
Nice Dog - Me and Prince, 1994
    Sarah Lucas
Self Portraits, 1990-1999
    Anthony Gormley
Body and Soul, 1990