Gabriel Orozco
Designed Garden
01 Oct 2016 - 08 Jan 2017
GABRIEL OROZCO
Designed Garden
1 October 2016 – 8 January 2017
This exhibition brings together working drawings and a film capturing the transformation of the South London Gallery’s (SLG) new permanent garden designed by the artist Gabriel Orozco with support from 6a architects and horticulturists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
The new garden is open to the public every weekend and used by invited groups during the week. It incorporates a new reception area at the back of the gallery and a planted walkway for residents of Sceaux Gardens housing estate, where the SLG has run art programmes for a number of years. Orozco’s design introduces a geometry of intertwining circles intricately outlined in brick dimensioned York stone which subtly maps a series of discrete spaces or notional rooms. The various levels and spaces created throughout the garden can be used interchangeably for sitting, eating, playing or showing work by other artists. Playing on the idea of an urban ruin, the garden will gradually evolve to become rambling and overgrown with different grasses, low-level creepers and fragrant plants.
Designed Garden
1 October 2016 – 8 January 2017
This exhibition brings together working drawings and a film capturing the transformation of the South London Gallery’s (SLG) new permanent garden designed by the artist Gabriel Orozco with support from 6a architects and horticulturists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
The new garden is open to the public every weekend and used by invited groups during the week. It incorporates a new reception area at the back of the gallery and a planted walkway for residents of Sceaux Gardens housing estate, where the SLG has run art programmes for a number of years. Orozco’s design introduces a geometry of intertwining circles intricately outlined in brick dimensioned York stone which subtly maps a series of discrete spaces or notional rooms. The various levels and spaces created throughout the garden can be used interchangeably for sitting, eating, playing or showing work by other artists. Playing on the idea of an urban ruin, the garden will gradually evolve to become rambling and overgrown with different grasses, low-level creepers and fragrant plants.