Show Garden: Group exhibition at Le Jardin Project, London, UK
'Show Garden' is an exhibition and application for entry into the Chelsea Flower Show 2028, 'the peak of horticultural excellence'.
Le Jardin Project, 78 Rowditch Lane, SW11 5BX
17-29 May, PV 16 May 6-9
Le Jardin Project transforms a South London plot into a sculpture garden, or a garden that holds sculpture, or a show garden that is also an artwork: where does one end and the other begin?
A show garden is either a display of the triumph of harmony between people and nature, a happy coexistence, or a folly meant to demonstrate how nature can be forced into submission, and dragged into the channels of design. Engaging bureaucratic language, design, sculptural enquiry and horticultural excellence, we mix up the rules and blur the lines between them. The exhibition mirrors the official dates of the Chelsea Flower Show, borrows its stringent judging criteria, and aspires to the extravagant scent of peonies in the air. There's no dress code, but hats are strongly recommended.
Exhibiting Artists: Isobel Atacus | Emma Black | Stu Burke | Ana Maria Chamucero | Tom Coates | Annie Edwards | Damla Erduran | Fiona Grady | Sam Haynes | Sandra Lane | Yoojin Lee & Giuseppe Termine | Judy Maxwell-McNicol | Pagan Mckenzie
Curated by Isobel Atacus, Tom Coates and Annie Edwards.