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October
Gallery Exhibitions
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2004
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11th December, 2003 -14th February, 2004 The October Gallery begins the
2004 season with an exhibition of new paintings - including large-scale
panel pieces - by the well-known Japanese artist, Kenji Yoshida.
This was Yoshida Sensei's third solo show at the October Gallery. |
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6th -9th February, 2004 The October Gallery took part in the annual Strasbourg Fair of Contemporary Art in the Wacken Exhibition Centre Strasbourg in association with Ames d'Afrique representing five African artists: El
Anatsui - West Africa |
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19th February -27th March, 2004 In her first return to London
for several years Wijdan (the artistic name of the Princess Wijdan
of Jordan) showed and successfully sold a large proportion of her latest
series of works in which colourful papers are displayed covered in places
by her abstract arabic calligraphy depicting the writings of the Lebanese
poet Charbel Dagher. |
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Spring
Show:
1st April -8th May, 2004 To mark the change
of seasons the October Gallery showed a colourfully eclectic mix of
artists from all around the world. On display were vibrant canvases
by the Austrian artist Elisabeth Lalouschek, paintings in oil
by Ablade Glover from Ghana, silk-thread pieces by Chief Z.O.
Oloruntoba (Nigeria) and pen and ink work by Julien Sinzogan
(Benin).. To further flesh out the wide range of work on exhibition
the work of numerous sculptors could also be seen, comprising pieces
by Richard Jack (Zimbabwe) Ruki Fame (Papua New Guinea)
and Théodore Dakpogan of Benin. |
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Aubrey
Williams :
20th May - 19th June, 2004 To commemorate the
sork of the Guyanese artist, Aubrey Williams, the October Gallery made
a selection of early abstract works and drawings, by one of the founding
members of the Caribbean Artists' Movement (CAM) who was also a highly
influential member of the London Arts scene from the Sixties to the
Eighties. |
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Frantz
Lamothe:
23rd June - 31st July, 2004 To celbrate the 200th
anniversary of Haitian Independence - this show combined the work of
the exciting modern painter Frnatz Lamothe (who grew up in New York
and worked with Basquiat) and more traditional examples of Haitian art-work,
metal sculptures cut from old oil drums and the sequinned flags used
to decorate vodou temples and sacred spaces. There was also an exhibition
of black and white photographs of the Haitian Carnival by the UK-based
photographer Leah Gordon. |
