© John Hansard Gallery
Farewell Sweet Innocence
6 June 2026 to 29 August 2026
On NowBarclay transforms the gallery into an immersive sculptural environment blending found objects and everyday forms to explore memory, identity and cultural aspiration.
From John Hansard Gallery
In summer 2026, John Hansard Gallery will present Farewell Sweet Innocence, a major solo exhibition by Simeon Barclay bringing together new commissions with existing, reconfigured works. The exhibition will transform the gallery spaces into a sculptural environment that examines how domestic objects, memory, and identity intersect with wider systems of culture, aspiration, and display. Simeon Barclay is one of the most compelling artists working in the UK today, whose practice spans sculpture,...
Read more at John Hansard Gallery →Critic Review
The Guardian
Eddy Frankel
Simeon Barclay review – shut out by the gates of a drab modern Britain
"This is an exhibition all about exclusion, about trying to fit in but never quite managing. It's razor-sharp, funny, pop-cultural, obtuse conceptual art about growing up black in Britain, about trying to make it and knowing you're bound to fail, because the system is geared towards failure."
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© John Hansard Gallery
Farewell Sweet Innocence
6 June 2026 to 29 August 2026
On NowBarclay transforms the gallery into an immersive sculptural environment blending found objects and everyday forms to explore memory, identity and cultural aspiration.
From John Hansard Gallery
In summer 2026, John Hansard Gallery will present Farewell Sweet Innocence, a major solo exhibition by Simeon Barclay bringing together new commissions with existing, reconfigured works. The exhibition will transform the gallery spaces into a sculptural environment that examines how domestic objects, memory, and identity intersect with wider systems of culture, aspiration, and display. Simeon Barclay is one of the most compelling artists working in the UK today, whose practice spans sculpture,...
Read more at John Hansard Gallery →Critic Review
The Guardian
Eddy Frankel
Simeon Barclay review – shut out by the gates of a drab modern Britain
"This is an exhibition all about exclusion, about trying to fit in but never quite managing. It's razor-sharp, funny, pop-cultural, obtuse conceptual art about growing up black in Britain, about trying to make it and knowing you're bound to fail, because the system is geared towards failure."
Read full review →Visit
Southampton·View on artmap