October Gallery
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| Established | 1979 |
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| Location | 24 Old Gloucester St, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 3AL, England, United Kingdom |
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| Public transit access | Holborn |
| Website | www.octobergallery.co.uk |
The October Gallery is an art gallery based in central London, showing contemporary work from all cultures around the world.[1]
October Gallery has been instrumental in bringing to worldwide attention many of the world’s leading international artists, including El Anatsui, Rachid Koraïchi, Romuald Hazoumè, Nnenna Okore, Laila Shawa and Kenji Yoshida. The Gallery promotes the Transvangarde, the very best in contemporary art from around the planet, as well as maintaining a cultural hub in central London for poets, writers, intellectuals and artists, and hosts talks, performances and seminars, see www.octobergallery.co.uk/events
The rich diversity of art presented is an inspiration to collectors and enthusiasts. Institutions such as 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, have all collected works from October Gallery.
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History
Founded in 1979, October Gallery is a charitable trust which 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[citation needed].
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,[2] Asia, Australia, the Americas,[3] Europe, the Middle East, India and Oceania.[1]
Artists
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- Pablo Amaringo
- Abiodun Anako
- Osi Audu
- Julio Balan
- 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
- Ali Omar Ermes
- Ruki Fame
- Angela Fisher
- Ablade Glover
- Gonkar Gyatso
- Marie Harding
- Romuald Hazoume
- Sabah Husain
- Richard Jack
- Mathias Kauage
- Daniel Kelly
- Dominique Kouas
- Koumy
- Gickmai Kundun
- 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 October Gallery, About Us. Accessed on 22 December 2007.
- ↑ El Anatsui installation in New York City, Accessed on 22 December 2007
- ↑ BBC, "Three’s a crowd". Accessed on 22 December 2007.
External links
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