October Gallery

Here's artist Owusu-Ankomah, photographed by me at the opening of the From Courage to Freedom exhibition. The exhibition is extended till the 12th of May @ The October Gallery, London.

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The October Gallery hosts Imprint on Lagos - a Bukka Event - on 19th May. An illustrated talk on the effects of the abolition of slavery a modern African metropolis, speakers include Kaye Whiteman (editor of the defunct West Africa Magazine; he is writing a book on Lagos), Giles Omezi & Sola Ogunbanjo, Director, Bukka Research.

• Time of the Bukka Talk is 3 - 6pm on Saturday 19 May 2007.
• Artist Siobhan Lennon (top right) beside an El Anatsui bottletop cloth.
• I thought Dominique Eyoun (a Paris-based Cameroonian) - on the right - was a moving piece of art in herself. She happily posed for my camera.
• Pics taken at the October Gallery, 21 February 2007 - by MW.

Exhibitions

It's all happening stateside when it comes to visual arts shows, from what I can see on my radar right now...

Above: El Anatsui's exhibition, ASI, opened on November 1st in New York and displays until December 22nd... see info

Left: Beyond the River is an exhibition of artworks by the artist Victor Ehikhamenor. It opens on November 30 @ The Embassy of Grenada, 1701 New Hampshire Ave, NW, Washington DC. The exhibition is on display till December 29. For more information on the artist, visit: Sozaboy.


Right: Look away from the illustration now... or jokes apart, visit this vital show if you're in Brooklyn NY. Ghariokwu Lemi provided the visual images to Fela Anikulapo-Kuti's epoch making records, designing 26 of his album covers. It is political art at its most uncompromising and thought-provoking. In this exhibition, Political Cartoons from Nigeria, Lemi headlines a display of his works, as well as others by Comfort Jacobs and Lordwealth Ololade. The show opened on November 10 and is on until December 17. It's @ SOUTHFIRST, 60 N6th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.