THE SHOW MUST GO ON
playground - RELOCATED AND EXTENDED
The original playground was planned to take place at Bargehouse. However, due to an urgent update from Bargehouse regarding structural damage that has resulted in the building's closure for health and safety reasons, the playground is now relocated at The Handbag Factory, 3 Loughborough St, London SE11 5RB. the exhibition will now be extended until 19 October 2024 and will unfold as a series of exhibitions in three chapters.
LOCATION
The Handbag Factory
3 Loughborough St, London SE11 5RB
THE SERIES OF WONDERS
Week 1: The Prelude
3 - 6 October, 10:00 - 18:00
Private View: 3 October, 18:00 - 21:00
Week 2: The Main Theme
9 - 13 October, 10:00 - 18:00
Private View: 8 October, 19:00 - 22:00
Week 3: The Grand Finale
15 - 19 October, 10:00 - 18:00
Private View: 15 October, 18:00 - 21:00
THE PLAYGROUND
The creation and appreciation of art are subjective. While we advocate for inclusivity in art, society tends to equate sophistication with cultural elitism. Both artists and audiences, as humans, naturally long for recognition and affirmation. In many discussions, we often place artistic integrity and popularity on opposite ends of the scale, expecting artists to constantly create works that are both profound and innovative. Audiences face similar pressures. In Playing to the Gallery, Grayson Perry notes that the obscure language in gallery descriptions often leaves audiences feeling confused and intimidated. Instead of creating and appreciating art, we often spend more time debating its value and feeling insecure, with expectations about taste creating barriers to expression and experience.
This year's theme playground invites artists and audiences to shed the constraints of external expectations and to create and experience art freely, an encouragement of the simple and genuine joy in creating and appreciating art.
playground - The Annual Exhibition by SWANFALL ART is a vibrant art carnival featuring a stunning array of works by both renowned and rising talents. Unlocking the potential of the high-ceilinged white cube galleries in the Handbag Factory, this art carnival brings together a thrilling mix of 8 immersive units unfolding in three weeks. From the expressive beauty of paintings and drawings to the interactive experience of installations, the emotive power of film, and the silent narrative of photography, this playground is designed to ignite your senses and curiosity. It invites the audience to explore, discover, and reconnect with the fundamental joy of creating and appreciating art.
PROGRAMME
playground Week 1 - The Prelude
Solo Unit
Guo Xiaojun - Defying Entropy - The New Classics of Mountains and Seas
Sandbox Unit
Fish Out of Water
playground Week 2 - The Main Theme
Group Exhibition Unit
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Exhibiting Artists
Angus Greenhalgh / Bai Yilin / Cao Xuanbo / Chen Weiyi / Christine Lee / Ding Jiaying / Fan Wenjing / Feng Xi / Gao Muyan / Geng Xinyue / Haerri Kim / Helena Rye / Hu Zeqian / Huang Dongling / Huang Hao / Huang Litao / Huang Wei / Huo Mayjune / Jacob Riman / Jane Hughes / Jiwon Kwak / Jue Yunlong / Juice Cui / Kengo Horikoshi / Laurie O'Dowd / Li Shuangqiang / Li Xiaofan / Li Zhenzi / Lin Qiuqian / Lin Zifu / Lisa Tustian / Liu Tia / Liu Tianyun / Ma Siyuan and Zhou Andi / Margarita Godgelf / Misa Gott / Qi Zheng / Qin Chenglin/ Qing Chuan / Qu Mingyue / Solmaz Farhang / Song Shijia / Tahira Mandarino / Tan Xiao / Tong Mo / Tracey Paterson / Valentine Dardel / Victor Guerin / Wang Tianxi / Wei Chu Hsu / Wei Dongni / Xiang Mingxian / Xiao Tingting / Xu Qing / Yeonjoo Kim / Yu Chunxuan / Yuan Yuan / Yudi Wu / Zhang Xinbo / Zhao Ping
playground Week 3 - The Grand Finale
Solo Unit
Group Exhibition Unit
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Anastasiya Levashova / Chen Shengyu / Cizzoe Yi Wang / FANSACK / Fergus Channon / Jacob Riman / Jaeho Shin / Ji Anyi / Li Shuangqiang / Li Zecheng / Li Zhenzhong / Liu Fangmeng / MINAS / Mark Lawson Bell / Mathijs Hunfeld / Oriana Catton / Qin Jiaqi / Qiu Jiahao / Rahideh / Rhi Stanton / Ruiji Han / Sarah McAlister / Sylvia Igglesden / Tong Mo / Valentine Dardel / Victor Guerin / Wang Wenbo / Jing Wu / Yan Zixin / Yang Yizhe / Zhao Haocheng
Illustrator / Designers Booth
Illustrator / Designers
Huang Dongling, Ma Siyuan and Zhou Andi, Qu Mingyue, Yu Chunxuan
PLAYGROUND
3 - 19 October 2024
3 Loughborough St, London SE11 5RB, UK