Critical Edge Collective is proud to present an ambitious group featuring new works by 25 emerging artists, the exhibition is a collection of pieces created in response to the artists exploring, researching and engaging with The Handbag Factory, its surrounding area and history. Bringing together unique perspectives, new ideas and innovative approaches to their work.
To emphasise the value of collaborative research and dialogue, all participating artists contributed to and shared the research that informed their creative processes and the final pieces exhibited. Each artist has added to and helped build a research archive that will be displayed during the exhibition.
Blending sculpture, painting, print, and film, the exhibition explores alternative ways of engaging with Vauxhall’s cultural heritage, power, and physicality—both visible and invisible—and reflects on the notion of the factory. Critical Edge Collective believes that by fostering a supportive artistic community, sharing feedback, and developing knowledge over several months, each artist has brought a unique visual voice to the show. Together, they share a commitment to questioning how art can enable and enact social and political change.
Exhibition Details:
Exhibition Dates: 23-26 May | 10 AM - 5 PM
Opening Night: Thursday 22 May | 6-9 PM
Location: The Handbag Factory, Vauxhall, 3 Loughborough St, London SE11 5RB
Featured Artists:
Laurelle Blake, Eva Barkardottir, Nele Bergmans, Jessica Brauner, Cass Breen, Matty Emery, Jane Hughes, Nimmi Hutnik, Natsuki Iwamoto, Kate Kelly, StevieRay Latham, Jolene Liam, Cat Needs, Alan Oliver, Iliana Ortega-Alcazar, Te Palandjian, Nasus Y Ram, Sabrina Rodrigues, Megan Segre, Rhi Stanton, Joy Stokes, Eleanor Street, Emiline Trenton, Carmen Van Huisstede, Chisara Vidale.
About The Critical Edge Collective
Critical Edge was founded in January 2024 as a visual arts collective to give mutual support, foster collaboration and information exchange, provide group crits and other forms of positive feedback, plan exhibitions of our work, and to extend and build networks with other artists. Our focus is broadly social and political, and within this framework, we are particularly interested in knowledge ownership and production and the ‘post-truth’ society. We are committed to a practice that is research-based and experimental and to discussion of ethical and sustainability issues in relation to materials used in our artworks.