ARTISTS OF THE TRANSVANGARDE
12th DECEMBER, 1996 - 1st FEBRUARY, 1997

Works by artists representing the trans-cultural avant-garde - or Transvangarde, including: Gerald Wilde, Francesco Rimondi, El Anatsui, Aubrey Williams, Kenji Yoshida, Elisabeth Lalouschek and Julieta Rubio.

ELISABETH LALOUSCHEK (AUSTRIA) NEW WORKS
6th FEBRUARY – 27 MARCH 1997

New acrylic on canvas work by the Austrian-born artist who is the Artistic Director of the October Gallery.

JULETA RUBIO AND CHARLES BEAUCHAMP
10th APRIL- 3rd MAY 1997

A joint exhibition showing work by two collaborating artists, the Colombian, Julieta Rubio , and the English artist Charles Beauchamp.

HAI SHUET YEUNG (CHINA)
INNOVATION IN ABSTRACTION
8th MAY – 24th MAY 1997

Abstract work on paper by a Chinese artist now living in England. The exhibition, coinciding with the launch of a book of the same name, was presented in collaboration with Eastern Art Report.
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XU ZHONG MIN AND YE YONG QING 'IN DIALOGUE.' 
29th MAY – 28th JUNE 1997

A "dialogic exchange" between two Chinese artists who attended the same arts academy in Southern China. Ye Yong Qing now teaches at this institution while Xu Zhong Min is living and working in the UK. The exhibition was presented on the occasion of the return of Hong Kong, by the United Kingdom, to the People's Republic of China .

BEYOND THE SURFACE: CONTEMPORARY TURKISH MARBLING 
IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SUFI MUSIC VILLAGE
3rd JULY – 2nd AUGUST 1997
Coinciding with the Sufi Music Village a look at an abstract art-form from Turkey that mirrors the universal order byusing the chance effects of oil and water.

KEEPERS OF THE MIMI SPIRIT:  
ABORIGINAL ART FROM ARNHEM LAND
4th SEPTEMBER – 4th OCTOBER 1997

Art from Australia's "top-end." Work from Arnhem land is distinguished by its use of  delicate cross-hatching techniques and the representation of the mimi spirits, spirit ancestors of the Kwinjku and other Aboriginal peoples that inhabit the desert plateaux of this harsh northern land.

YORUBA DIASPORAS I:  METAMORPHOSIS 
9th OCTOBER – 15th NOVEMBER 1997 

An exploration of the complex contemporary worlds of Yoruba artists in Brazil, Trinidad, Haiti, Cuba, the USA, England and Nigeria. Work by E. Taiwo Jegede, Prosper Peirrelouis, Manuel Mendive, Mario Cravo Neto, Z.O. Oloruntoba and Twins Seven Seven.

YORUBA DIASPORAS II: ANCESTRAL SIGNS
20th NOVEMBER – 20th DECEMBER 1997 

This exhibition looks at signs as ancestral iconographic forms, exploring ways in which some contemporary Yoruba artists use highly geometric and patterned work to reference and reinvent their ancient sign language. Work by Osi Audu, LeRoy Clarke, Mestre Didi and James Phillips.