"Peckham Platform is London’s newest purpose-built public gallery dedicated to commissioning location-specific artworks made in partnership with community groups.
A giant book-shaped bed, set in a night-time dreamscape, will form the centrepiece of the first exhibition to take place at Peckham Platform – formerly Peckham Space – as it launches in January 2014. Bookbed, a solo show from local contemporary artist Ruth Beale will explore learning, imagination and the book-as-symbol alongside current thinking in culture, education and public space.
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Beale sees the exhibition as a celebration of the library’s success at a time when across the country and in nearby London boroughs, libraries and the services they provide are under threat...[...]"
Bookbed
31 January– 23 March 2014
Peckham Platform, London SE15