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Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes
5 Jul - 29 Oct 2023
Past exhibition

Image: Adeyemi Michael, Entitled, 2018.

★★★★ – The Guardian
★★★★ – Evening Standard
★★★★ – Culture Whisper

Known as ‘Little Lagos’, Peckham is home to one of the largest Nigerian diaspora communities in the UK. Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes is a major group exhibition looking at the connections between Lagos in Nigeria and Peckham in south east London. 

The exhibition highlights the relationships, culture, shared history, communities and art that link the two places. Themes explored include transnational exchange, a sense of place and the contemporary metropolis. 

The exhibition showcases works by thirteen Nigerian and British-Nigerian artists, bringing together sculpture, photography, sound and film.

“Lagos, Peckham, Repeat fascinates the most when it captures the commonalities between cities and communities across place and time, combining specific and shared experience.”
– Joe Lloyd for Studio International

It features several new commissions, a site-specific installation and a collaboration with south London based brewery Orbit. The exhibition will also display work made during artist residencies, one in Lagos and one in Peckham, with an aim to further develop lasting creative relationships between the two places. 

Artists include:

Abdulrazaq Awofeso
Seyi Adelekun
Chiizii
Ndidi Dike
Victor Ehikhamenor
Onyeka Igwe
Lagos Studio Archives
Adeyemi Michael
Christopher Obuh
Emeka Ogboh
Temitayo Ogunbiyi
Temitayo Shonibare
Yinka Shonibare

The exhibition is co-curated by Folakunle Oshun, founder and director of the Lagos Biennial, together with South London Gallery. 

EXPLORE THE EXHIBITION

Find out more about Christopher Obuh and his work in the exhibition in our interview with the artist.

Read our interview with Ndidi Dike to explore the themes and visuals of her new installation.

Residencies 

The SLG collaborated with GAS Foundation, Lagos resulting in UK-based artist Chiizii being hosted by GAS Foundation. 

Exhibition supported by

 

 

Additional support from

Duro Olowu;

James Cohan, New York; Stephen Friedman Gallery; Goodman Gallery;

Art Fund’s Jonathan Ruffer Curatorial Grant;

Lagos, Peckham, Repeat Exhibition Supporters’ Circle.

 

Graphic design: Kieron Lewis

 

Access

  • Quiet hours with lowered sound will take place every Tuesday and Thursday, 5-6pm
  • It is dark and loud in the Main Gallery
  • Do not touch any artwork in the Main Gallery
  • Seating, ear defenders, ear plugs, magnifying glasses and torches are available upon request
  • Please contact mail@southlondongallery.org with access requirements. 
  • Content guidance: Gallery 5 contains nudity and photography from the colonial era

For more information on access at the SLG please read here.

 

 

Exhibition view

Chiizii, Untitled Collage 5, 2022. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Chiizi
Christopher Obuh, No City for Poor Man, 2015-2016. Courtesy of the artist
Untitled, 1993, Archive of Becoming, 2015–ongoing.
Courtesy of Lagos Studio Archives.
Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes, South London Gallery, 2023. Photo: Andy Stagg.
Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes, South London Gallery, 2023. Photo: Andy Stagg.
Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes, South London Gallery, 2023. Photo: Andy Stagg.
Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes, South London Gallery, 2023. Photo: Andy Stagg.
Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes, South London Gallery, 2023. Photo: Andy Stagg.
Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes, South London Gallery, 2023. Photo: Andy Stagg.
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