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