October Gallery
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  Location within Central London | |
| Established | 1979 |
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| Location |
Bloomsbury, London, WC1 |
| Coordinates | 51°31′14″N 0°07′19″W / 51.520654°N 0.121843°W |
| Public transit access | Holborn |
| Website | www.octobergallery.co.uk |
The October Gallery is an art gallery based in central London.[1]
October Gallery has shown international artists including El Anatsui,[2] Rachid Koraïchi, Romuald Hazoumè,[3] Nnenna Okore, Laila Shawa and Kenji Yoshida. The Gallery promotes the Transvangarde movement, as well as maintaining a cultural hub in central London for poets, writers, intellectuals and artists. It hosts talks, performances and seminars.
Institutions to have collected works from October Gallery include the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany; Neue Galerie, Kassel, Germany; Setagagya Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
History
Founded in 1979, October Gallery is a charitable trust that is supported by sales of art, rental of the Gallery's facilities, grants from various funding bodies and the active support of dedicated artists, musicians, writers and others..
From its beginnings, the October Gallery has promoted the art and artists of the Transvangarde or trans-cultural avant-garde. Since then, the October Gallery has exhibited the work of artists from over 65 different countries, and from regions that include Africa,[4] Asia, Australia, the Americas,[5] Europe, the Middle East, India and Oceania.[1]
Recent shows have featured work by such artists as El Anatsui,[6] James Barnor,[7] Sokari Douglas Camp,[8][9] Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga,[10][11] Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga[12] and Alexis Peskine.[13]
Artists
The October Gallery has held exhibitions featuring the work of artist including:
- Pablo Amaringo
- Abiodun Anako
- El Anatsui
- Osi Audu
- Julio Balan
- James Barnor
- Charles Beauchamp
- Carol Beckwith
- Robert Beer
- Willie Bester
- Frank Big Bear
- Yvette Bouquet
- Jimoh Buraimoh
- Andrea Carlson
- Edgar Duval Carrié
- Arpana Caur
- LeRoy Clarke
- Ira Cohen
- Calixte Dakpogan
- Theodore Dakpogan
- Tom Deko
- Mestre Didi
- Malathie de Silva
- Chewang Dorje
- Sokari Douglas Camp
- Ali Omar Ermes
- Ruki Fame
- Angela Fisher
- Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga
- Ablade Glover
- Gonkar Gyatso
- Marie Harding
- Romuald Hazoume
- Sabah Husain
- Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga
- Richard Jack
- Emmanuel Taiwo Jegede
- Mathias Kauage
- Daniel Kelly
- Dominique Kouas
- Koumy
- Gickmai Kundun
- Jukhee Kwon[14]
- Isabel Lambert
- Moshekwa Langa
- Elvis Luna
- Corrina MacNeice
- Nja Mahdaoui
- Hassan Massoudy
- Pat Mautloa
- Manuel Mendive
- Mario Cravo Neto
- Tunde Odunlade
- Z. O. Oloruntoba
- Bruce Onobrakpeya
- Kwesi Owusu-Ankomah
- Prosper Pierre-Louis
- Etiyé Dimma Poulsen
- Prince Chief Twins Seven Seven
- Gerard Quenum
- Julieta Rubio
- Rachid Koraïchi
- Francisco Montes Shuna
- Julien Sinzogan
- Cyprien Tokoudagba
- Phuntsok Tsering
- Steina Vasulka
- Star Wallowing Bull
- Aubrey Williams
- Woody
- Yongqing Ye
- Sandile Zulu
- Malathie de Silva
References
- 1 2 October Gallery, About Us. Accessed on 22 December 2007.
- ↑ Ladun Ogidan, "El Anatsui at October Gallery", Omenka", 11 February 2015.
- ↑ Emily Bootle, "Romuald Hazoumè: Cargoland, October Gallery, London", The Telegraph, 2 July 2012.
- ↑ El Anatsui installation in New York City, Accessed on 22 December 2007
- ↑ BBC, "Three’s a crowd". Accessed on 22 December 2007.
- ↑ Chelsea Garner-Ferris, "El Anatsui review: From Nigeria to London, celebrated artist brings complex creations to October Gallery", Culture24, 13 February 2016.
- ↑ "Daniele Tamagni and James Barnor: 8 - 30 September 2016", October Gallery.
- ↑ "Nigeria Meets Western Classicism in Steel Sculptures by Sokari Douglas Camp", Artsy, 9 May 2016.
- ↑ "Nigeria Meets Western Classicism in Steel Sculptures by Sokari Douglas Camp", Artsy, 9 May 2016.
- ↑ "Culture clash: Congolese artist Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga at the October Gallery", Art Radar, 16 July 2016.
- ↑ Erin C. J. Robertson, "London’s October Gallery Presents Congolese Visual Artist Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga’s First UK Solo Exhibition", OkayAfrica, 7 January 2016.
- ↑ "October Gallery presents Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga: Tushauriane– Let’s Talk About It", Alt Africa.
- ↑ "Coming Up: October Gallery is Showing Alexis Peskine: Power Figures", The GlowingColours, 4 September 2017.
- ↑ Harriet Dopson, "Jukhee Kwon at October Gallery", One Stop Arts, 5 December 2013.