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A group exhibition of painting and sculpture featuring artists from the UK, Germany and Australia. Set in a dystopian future on the flood planes of Thamesmead, where lithium batteries have all run out of juice. What does this future look like with no power, a future where humanity must relearn how to hunt, fix, reuse, and reimagine.

Featuring work by: ALESSIA GAMMAROTA – BHAJAN HUNJAN – ALFONSO PUAUTJIMI – HERMANN JOSEF HACK – DAISY JAPULIJA – SONYA KURARRA – RORY MACBETH – MIKE NELSON – TOMMY MAY (NGARRALJA) – LYNLEY NARGOODAH – NOLA ROGERS – LIAM SCULLY – VANESSA SCULLY – DAVID SURMAN – GEORGE TUCKERBOX – DANIEL TURNER

Curated by Scully & Scully. Supported by Thamesmead Community Fund.

THAMESMEAD TEXAS
Unit 5, Starling Court, I Nest Way (Cygnet Square), Thamesmead, London, SE2 9FJ 1 – 23 December, 2023 EXTENDED UNTIL END OF JANUARY 2024 BY APPOINTMENT. Gallery open Fridays and Saturdays, 12 noon – 5pm, and by appointment.

For Summer-Autumn 2023 Thamesmead Texas takes up residence in Unit 5, 1 Nest Way, a vacant shop unit in Cygnet Square. The gallery is 8 minutes’ walk from Abbey Wood Underground station. Elizabeth Line trains run to Abbey Wood from central London approximately every 5 minutes (19 minutes’ journey time from Liverpool Street).