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A mini Polly Pocket style toy open on a white tiled shelf. It is cast in jesmonite, with a pale pink exterior and an interior covered with green grass flocking. Either side of the open toy are jesmonite casts of mini football goals, the ground around them has white pitch markings. In the background is a print of a frosted window.
Exhibition
Common Ground Opening
17 Jul 2022
Regular hours
- Sun, 17 Jul
- 15:00 – 17:00
Free admission
Address
- Unit 46/47 Trinity Court (Ground Floor)
- Whitgift Shopping Centre
- Croydon
England - CR0 1UQ
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- East Croydon Station
About
Free & open to all. Artist-designed cocktails, with BYOB also welcome.
Special Sunday opening & launch of our studio members' take-over of the Turf Projects gallery space 'Common Ground'; an exhibition developed in response to 'Cultural Field' by Rosa-Johan Uddoh. Collaboratively curated by six female and non-binary artists; this group exhibition spans sculpture, painting, audio, video and more. The exhibition draws upon themes of race and gender in sport, football within popular culture and access to space present within Rosa's work.
Much of the work in Common Ground playfully repurposes the aesthetics of football to explore these themes; the pitch and equipment are hijacked to become sculptural objects, team strips become costume, and movements of players are reimagined as scores for performance.
This event follows a Curator's Tour of Rosa's Fungus Press poster commission [link to webpage for tour] at sites around Croydon, and takes place ahead of UEFA Women’s Euros match that evening.
Image: Detail from ‘Compact Sport’, Amy J Wilson
