Bridging the Gap is a show of sculpture that draws inspiration from its immediate environment, using the proximity of Southwark Bridge as a metaphor for connection in divided times. More than twenty artists explore themes of linkage, separation, and repair through innovative approaches to structure and materiality – several employing locally sourced materials. Their works respond to the exhibition space and the surrounding urban cityscape, engaging with contrasts between sleekly soaring architecture and street-level experiences to reflect on how connections are formed, fractured, and rebuilt – both currently and historically, and at personal and communal levels.
Bridging the Gap is curated by Paul Carey-Kent, Hermione Allsopp and Poppy Whatmore, with Hypha Studios
Artists exhibiting: Alice Wilson @alice_m_wilson, Catriona Robertson @catrionart, Erika Trotzig @erika_trotzig, Harriet Mena Hill @harrietmena_hill, Helen Barff @helenbarff, Hermione Allsopp @hermioneallsopp, Jonny Briggs @jonnybriggs176, Julian Wild @julianwildsculpture, Julie F Hill @juliefhill, Justin Hibbs and Rosalind Davis @justinjhibbs @rosalindnldavis, Koushna Navabi @koushna_navabi, Michael Samuels @michaelsamuels_, Milly Peck @millypeck, Nicky Hirst @nickyhirst63, Neil Gall, @gall_neil, Nigel Massey @nigelmassey77, Poppy Whatmore @poppywhatmore, Samuel Zealey @samuel.zealey, Sarah Pager @sarah.pager, Sarah Roberts @sarahrobertsfa, Will Cruickshank @will.cruickshank
Bridging the Gap, 26th June – 26th July, Hypha Gallery South Bank, Gallery 1
PRIVATE VIEW 25th June 6PM – 9PM 2026
With events: Poets respond to the show on Sat 4th July 2PM, and a performance and artist talks at the finissage, Sun 26th July 3PM onwards
