EXHIBITON: DRY CLEANING
16-24 August 2025
In August 2025 Max Radford Gallery in collaboration with Clink Street Ceramics co-presented an exhibition of work by 53 artists, hosted in a large warehouse space next to Borough Market. Clink Street Ceramics exhibited our latest 3 series of work; NORTH CIRCULAR, RAVE CULTURE THEORY, and STREET DREAMS.
"Our first show involved an open call, and having worked with a smaller roster of designers and artists since then, it felt like the right time to do a show that represented a bit of a 'scene check'," founder Max Radford told Dezeen. "I knew how much things had progressed in the past few years in London and was keen to do a show that represented that wider world and brought it together at the same time."
Max Radford Gallery and Clink Street Ceramics didn't give the contributors – 53 in total, chosen from almost 300 applications – any brief for what type of design to create. "We never want to be prescriptive in our briefing with who we work with, we want to show what you want to show," Radford said. The resulting exhibition juxtaposed different types of design inside Clink Street Ceramics' large warehouse space next to London's Borough Market. The involvement of Clink Street Ceramics, a London pottery studio that also puts on ceramic art displays, opened up Max Radford Gallery to a design niche that the gallery hasn't covered as much in the past.
"Clink Street provided the location as part of their historic family business as Borough Greengrocers. They also, of course, brought a ceramic edge that we haven't really explored before," Radford explained. "We received a lot of applications of ceramic work, and it really opened up a world of works that I love." The pieces on show included a room divider made by artist Anouska Samms from leather, human hair and velvet, and Alex Whitfield's Devil Lamp made from polished stainless steel and cast resin. Designer Adam Maryniak's humorous piece Landlords Special Chair looked comically uncomfortable, while artist Gus Langford's Aubade - Vessel 3, made from recycled leather with lambswool stuffing, made people stoop and look closer.
We hoped that the show could help support designers and give them more visibility. "… the show has brought together London's Emerging designers in one space, allowing people to build real future-forward and supportive relationships within their industry. Cultivating this new and sharing culture is important to me."
The artists represented in the exhibiton include: Karlina Mezecka, Alex Whitfield, Celine d'Oultrem-ont, Anouska Samms, Andreas Larsson, Martin Schnabl, Domhnall Nolan, Emma Clarke, Charlie Burtenshaw, David Horan, Andi Qing, Abid Javed, Clink Street Ceramics, Odd Matter, Elliott Denny, Chai Dienn, Adam Maryniak, Gus Langford, Thi-sisbyron, Valeria Montero, Unu Sohn, David Coo-per, Tessa Silva, George Richardson, Josef Stöger, Jesse Butterfield, Sihyun Park, Jane Wright, Calum Stevens, Harry Grundy, Toby Mardles, Matthew Verdon, Nicolas Pauwels, Luke Macmahon, George Hinks, Studio B.C. Joshua, Jaclyn Pappalardo, Holly Hooper, All Ears, Natalia Triantafylli, Andrew Pierce Scott, Isabel Alonso, Mo Tong Yang, Justyna Szy-manska, Eddie Olin, Eduard Barniol, Nic Sander-son, Oliver Davidson, David Wilman, Victoria Loyola, Lottie Mac, Barnaby Lewis.
The exhibition photography is by Ed Rollitt.
The Private View photography is by Clink Street Ceramics
