The exhibition is an intimate exploration of Marenka Gabeler's deeply evocative children's portraiture. The exhibition is designed to immerse visitors in the delicate, transient nature of childhood, as seen through Gabeler's eyes. Her portraits, which capture the innocence, curiosity, and fleeting emotionsof children, invite viewers to reflect on their own childhood memories and the passage of time.

The exhibition shows Gabeler's oil portraits, pencil and ink drawings of children. They are displayed in a way that encourages the viewer to move fluidly between the works, much like the fleeting nature of childhood essence they depict.

Preview Thursday 10th October 17.00-19.00

Opening Times Mo - Sa 10.00-18.00 Sunday 11.00-17.00

Group Exhibition Small Wonders with The London Group

Croydon Art Space

41 Lower Abiscombe Road

Landscapes - Scultpure Exhibition

The London Group

Waterloo Festival

The London Group is delighted to present Landscapes, a free outdoor sculpture exhibition in St John’s Churchyard in partnership with St John’s Church and the Waterloo Festival.

The festival theme, “Gardens, Rivers and Marshes”, celebrates the early life of Waterloo and North Lambeth. Unlike Vauxhall to the South and Blackfriars to the East, this area took until the 19th century to develope into a dense neighbourhood. Prior to that, it was hot to fields, marshes, and wharfs. It was also well known for its pleasure gardens, including Cuper’s Gardens, and Ashley’s Circus, the first modern circus. This theme not only delves into Waterloo’s pre 19th century past but also highlights its current role as a pivotal urban centre. It is a celebration of ourgreen spaces and neighbourhood as wel as a chance to reflect on our environmental challenges.

The London Group have distilled this into the theme “Landscapes,” which the exhibiting artists hav interrogated from different perspectives and in different mediums. These include traditional, poetic, emotional and urban to name but a few. Barbara Beyer’s installation “Best Intentions” references young urban trees strapped between poles to supprt their early years growth. They need this support as they are taken out of their natural environment and the whole contraption reveals our ambiguous relationship to the landscape. Marenka Gabeler explores the landscape of emotions with a series of small sculptures that are to hang from, or be placed among the branches of a tree. The pieces are imprints of the negative shapes her hands make when feeling intense emotions.

This will be The London Group’s fourth sculpture exhibition in St John’s Churchyard as part of th Waterloo Festival.

111 Not Out: The London Group (1913-2024)

Each of the 48 participating members has created work in response to one of the 32 founder members that most appeals to them in terms of personality and art practice. A QR-coded picture and a short explanatory text will appear alongside their work.