Hannah Barry Gallery in London Presents 'Sin Centre' Group Exhibition

Sin Centre installation view of Stevie Dix’s Paranoid (1970), 2024, digitally woven cotton tapestry, dimensions variable. Courtesy of Hannah Barry Gallery. © Damian Griffiths

Hannah Barry Gallery stages an ambitious presentation of artists, writers, designers, and friends all working together to engage, surprise, and delight visitors on multiple levels in an entirely refitted space.

The glaring scarlet red walls of Sin Centre set the tone of this deliciously wicked enclave of pure pleasure. What viewers encounter is more of an all-encompassing experience than a conventional exhibition — with works woven through the overall fabric of the space amidst various “unprogrammed” stations of amusement, and Room of Curtains, Marble Bathroom (which is Scott Young’s piece, Public Toilet, 2024), and Instant Cinema. Downstairs, a bar has been installed that invites visitors to indulge. It is open Saturdays until quite late. Books in the Love Library upstairs have all been recommended by luminaries of the contemporary art scene, each identified by a sticker inside.

Featured talents include George Rouy, Jesse Pollock, Mellony Harvey, Nikolaj Schultz, Stevie Dix, Joe Sweeney, Kingsley Ifill, Danny Fox, Tali Lennox, Lisa Ivory, Marie Jacotey, Paloma Proudfoot, Ebun Sodipo, Scott Young, Simon Whybray, Miranda Keyes, Jermaine Gallacher, Harley Weir, and Inez Valentine.

Sin Centre is the fourth project of its kind organized by the gallery since its founding in 2007, following Palazzo Peckham, Venice (2013), Peckham Hotel, London (2013) and Peckham Pavilion, Venice (2009). It finds its name and inspiration in the drawings, writing, and thinking behind an unrealized project by English architect and founder of Archigram Group Michael Webb for a place of transcendence and release from material things.