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1-54 London
Booth No. W1

8th – 10th October 2020
Image: LR Vandy, Heavy Is The Head That Wears The Crown: Flotilla No.1, 2020, Wood and metal, 150 x 112 cm
October Gallery will participate in the 2020 edition of 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, London. New works by Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga, Alexis Peskine, LR Vandy and Benji Reid will be exhibited by the Gallery at Somerset House.

The fair will coincide with Alexis Peskine: Fire Figures, at October Gallery, a solo exhibition of new works by the artist.

For this edition of 1-54, LR Vandy has created a new installation which is a continuation of her 'Hull' series.

This year, Benji Reid was announced the recipient of The Wellcome Photography Prize 2020 for the category Mental Health (single image). Reid was awarded the prize for his work Holding onto Daddy a “love note” to his daughter.

Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga was recently announced as one of Apollo Magazine's 40 Under 40 Africa Artists.


JUKHEE KWON, THE LIGHTNESS OF A MOMENT

Gallery Particia Armocida, Milan.
Until 30th September
Image: Installation photograph of Jukhee Kwon, The Lightness of a Moment, Gallery Particia Armocida, Milan, 2020. Courtesy Gallery Particia Armocida, Milan
Curated by Tiziana Castelluzzo, the exhibition features three new large installations as well as twenty medium and small works which are being shown for the first time. Jukhee creates works from the printed page. Using abandoned and disused books, she cuts and manipulates pages by hand to create magnificent sculptures.


WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS VIEWING ROOM

As seen at Frieze, New York (online)
Image: William S. Burroughs, Warhol, A Portrait in TV Dots..., 1992. Spray paint on paper, 53 x 49 cm. Courtesy of the Artist's Estate / The Wylie Agency and October Gallery, London.
This virtual viewing room, first seen at Frieze, New York, 2020, features works by William S. Burroughs that were previously exhibited at the Gallery. If you missed the exhibition, it is available to be viewed on Artsy. The exhibition explored Burroughs' legacy and featured highlights from the latter part of his career.




EL ANATSUI MAJOR SURVEY:
TRIUMPHANT SCALE

Haus der Kunst, Munich
8 March – 28 July 2019

Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar Museum
1 October 2019 – 2 February 2020
Image: installation of El Anatsui, Triumphant Scale
The touring exhibition Triumphant Scale is most comprehensive and detailed presentation of El Anatsui’s oeuvre thus far. The exhibition encompasses allmedia used by the artist in his remarkable 50-year career, focusing on the triumphant and monumental quality of his sculptures, with the signature bottle cap series at the heart of the presentation. Along with these ambitious works, the exhibition includes wood sculptures and wall reliefs from the mid-1970s to the late 1990s; ceramic sculptures of the late 1970s; and drawings, sketches and prints.


THE MOON

El Anatsui at The Royal Museums of Greenwich, London, UK
19 July 2019 – 5 January 2020
Image: El Anatsui, Untitled (Carmine Eclipse), ed. 2/3, 2016. Intaglio print with collage and chine-collé, 98.5 x 98.5 cm.
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, The Moon is the UK’s biggest exhibition dedicated to Earth’s celestial neighbour. The exhibition reconnects with the wonders of the Moon through artefacts, artworks and interactive moments, and discovers how it has captivated and inspired us throughout history. Featured prominently in the exhibition was El Anatsui’s Cadmium-Vermillion Eclipse, an intaglio print with collage and chine-collé, produced in collaboration with Factum Arte, Madrid.


EL ANASTUI: TSIATSIA –SEARCHING FOR CONNECTION

at Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, South Africa
February to December 2019
Image: El Anatsui, TSIATSIA - searching for connection, 2013. Aluminium (bottle-tops, printing plates, roofing sheets) and copper wire, 1560 x 2500 cm.
The monumental metal work TSIATSIA – searching for connection was installed in the atrium of the stunning Zeitz MOCAA (Museum of Contemporary African Art), in Cape Town, South Africa. El Anatsui won the prestigious Charles Wollaston Award when this immense work first covered the facade of the Royal Academy, in 2013. At 15.6m x 25m, the wall-hanging sculpture is the largest he has made using his bottle top technique.


GET UP, STAND UP NOW

Alexis Peskine, LR Vandy and Aubrey Williams Somerset House, London
12 June – 15 September 2019
Image: Installation of Get Up, Stand Up Now.
Get Up, Stand Up Now, curated by Zak Ové was a major new exhibition celebrating the past 50 years of Black creativity in Britain at Somerset House. A group of around 100 interdisciplinary artists showcased work together for the first time, including Alexis Peskine, LR Vandy and Aubrey Williams, in this survey of the Black experience and influence, from the post-war era to the present day.


MAGDALENE ODUNDO: THE JOURNEY OF THINGS -FEATURING EL ANATSUI

16 February - 2 June 2019
Hepworth Wakefield

3 August – 15 December 2019
Sainsbury Centre, Norwich
Image: installation of The Journey of Things
This major exhibition brought together more than 50 of Odundo’s vessels alongside a large selection of historic and contemporary objects which she curated to reveal the vast range of references from around the globe that have informed the development of her unique work. October Gallery loaned the two-piece installation AG+BA by El Anatsui for inclusion in the exhibition.


HUANG XU AND JUKHEE KWON AT ASIA HOUSE

Huang Xu:
10 January – 30 November 2109
Jukhee Kwon:
10 September – 30 November 2019
Image: Jukhee Kwon's, work installed at Asia House
October Gallery collaborated with Asia House to display works by two artists in prime space of the renowned Asia House, London. Three photos by Huang Xu were displayed in the entrance lobby and three sections of the large installation Redemption by Jukhee Kwon was displayed through the grand staircase to coincide with the Literature Festival at Asia House.




1-54 CONTEMPORARY AFRICA ART FAIR, LONDON

3 - 6 October 2019
Image: The October Gallery booth at !-54.
October Gallery participated in the seventh edition of 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, held at London’s Somerset House. The exuberant booth exhibited works by Romuald Hazoumè, new sculptures by LR Vandy as well as new works by Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga and Alexis Peskine.


FRIEZE SCULPTURE PARK 2019

The Regent’s Park, London
June - 6 October 2019
Image: LR Vandy, Superhero Cog Woman #01, 2019. Jesmonite and steel, 210 x 140 x 140 cm. Edition of 7.
Frieze Sculpture returned to The Regent’s Park for three months this summer, featuring works selected and placed by Clare Lilley (Director of Programme, Yorkshire Sculpture Park.) LR Vandy’s large Jesmonite sculpture from the series Superhero Cog Woman was exhibited as part of the sculpture park. Superhero Cog Woman is a tribute to the act of women coming together and making things happen. Each artwork from the series can be constructed from a range of cog-like components, differently configured, adding to its seemingly pragmatic and mechanical nature.


AKAA (Also Known As Africa)

Carreau du Temple, Paris
9 - 11 November 2019
Image: Rachid Koraïchi, Les osties bleues 5, 2018.
Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30 cm.
October Gallery participated in the fourth edition of Also Known As Africa (AKAA) Art Fair. The booth featured works by Alexis Peskine, Benji Reid and LR Vandy.


PRÊTE-MOI TON RÊVE
(LEND ME YOUR DREAM)

El Anatsui in Morocco
13 June – 15 August 2019
Image: Installation of Iris by
The exhibition brought together some thirty contemporary African artists of 15 different nationalities and opened in Casblanca, from where it is touring to6 countries across the continent. Included in the Casablance leg of the exhibition was the bottle-top work Iris by El Anatsui.


SYLVIE FRANQUET: reCOLLECTING

At The Harley Gallery
6 April - 17 June 2019
Image: Installation of reCollecting
The Harley Gallery exhibited new works in an exciting solo exhibition by Sylvie Franquet. Enthralled by views on gender and nature, the artist collects materials brought together in an act of repairing humankind’s relationship with nature. Her punk aesthetic encompasses a range of fine art practices including needlework, sculpture and collage which she combined with research into Welbeck’s historic art collection.


1-54 CONTEMPORARY AFRICA ART FAIR, NEW YORK

Industria, 775 WashingtonStreet, NY
3 - 5 May 2019
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October Gallery exhibited for the first time at 1-54 New York. New works were displayed by artists Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga, Alexis Peskine and LR Vandy. The booth received significant attention with multiple sales of works by all artists.


INVESTEC CAPE TOWN ART FAIR

CTICC, Convention Square, Cape Town
15 - 17 February 2019
Image: Alexis Peskine viewing his work.
At the 7th edition of Cape Town Art Fair, 2019, October Gallery presented works at Booth C14 by artists El Anatsui, Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga, Alexis Peskine and LR Vandy. Alexis Peskine attended the fair with much interest in his work.