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Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Official website: Aspex Gallery

»  Permindar Kaur | Comfort of Little Places

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1999

»  Permindar Kaur | Comfort of Little Places

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1998

»  Permindar Kaur | Comfort of Little Places - Fabrica exhibition guide

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 1998

Birmingham, United Kingdom
Official website: Ikon Gallery

Ikon Gallery is dedicated to exhibiting contemportary art and is the largest gallery in Birmingham, England’s second city. Before moving to its present location (the decommissioned Oozells Street School) the gallery was located at 58-72 John Bright Street, in Birmingham city centre.

It was the venue for At Home with Vanley Burke, by far one of the most intriguing exhibitions to take place in recent years. It featured the bulk, if not the entirety, of the contents of Vanley Burke’s Birmingham flat being relocated and reinstalled in the Ikon Gallery. The exhibition’s dates were 22 July - 27 Sepember 2015.

From the catalogue Foreword, by Jonathan Watkins, Director:

“Burke’s archive is partly in storage at the Library of Birmingham, but most of it is to be found in his flat near Birmingham’s city centre, in filing cabinets or boxes or on display. It is an extraordinary interior, a cabinet of wonderful curiosities. This is an exhibition, more or less, of its entire contents – the archive with artworks and souvenirs, as well as decor and furniture, wardrobe, kitchenware et cetera – so that the artist is revealed as a subject of his own enquiry.”

The exhibition came with a fascinating catalogue, extensively illustrated and with texts by Pete James, Curator of Photographs at the Library of Birmingham, and artist/curator Marlene Smith.

»  Permindar Kaur | Cold Comfort - catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1996

»  Permindar Kaur| Cold Comfort - Ikon Gallery brochure

Brochure relating to an exhibition, 1996

»  Permindar Kaur | Cold Comfort - Ikon Gallery invitation

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1996

»  Permindar Kaur | Cold Comfort - Ikon Gallery press release

Press release relating to an exhibition, 1996

»  Permindar Kaur | Cold Comfort - Mead Gallery exhibition guide

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 1996

Coventry, United Kingdom
Official website: Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre

One of the UK venues for Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance, (1 November - 6 December 1998).

The exhibition was organised by the Hayward Gallery, London, in collaboration with The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., and the Institute of International Visual Arts, London. The exhibition was devised and selected by Richard J. Powell and David A. Bailey.

»  Permindar Kaur | Cold Comfort - catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1996

»  Permindar Kaur | Cold Comfort - Eddie Chambers’ review

Review relating to an exhibition, 1996

»  Permindar Kaur | Cold Comfort - Mead Gallery/Warwick arts Centre brochure

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 1996

»  Permindar Kaur | Cold Comfort - Mead Gallery/Warwick Arts Centre invitation

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1996

»  Permindar Kaur | Cold Comfort Ikon Gallery gallery guide

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 1996

Liverpool, United Kingdom
Official website: The Bluecoat Gallery

Liverpool venue, part of the Trophies of Empire project.

»  Permindar Kaur

Postcard relating to an exhibition, 1996

»  Permindar Kaur

Postcard relating to an exhibition, 1996

»  Permindar Kaur | Cold Comfort - Bluecoat Gallery brochure

Brochure relating to an exhibition, 1996

»  Permindar Kaur | Cold Comfort - Bluecoat Gallery invitation

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1996

»  Permindar Kaur | Cold Comfort - Eddie Chambers’ review

Review relating to an exhibition, 1996

London, United Kingdom
Official website: South London Gallery

»  Donald Rodney | In Retrospect

Invite relating to an exhibition, 2008

»  Donald Rodney | In Retrospect - invite

Invite relating to an exhibition, 2008

»  Nine Night in Eldorado - press release

Press release relating to an exhibition, 1997

»  Nine Night in Eldorado/Paint it black

Article relating to an exhibition, 1997

»  South London Gallery Exhibition Programme September 97

Brochure relating to an exhibition, 1997

London, United Kingdom
Official website: Hayward Gallery

One of the UK venues for Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance, (19 June - 17 August 1998).

The exhibition was organised by the Hayward Gallery, London, in collaboration with The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., and the Institute of International Visual Arts, London. The exhibition was devised and selected by Richard J. Powell and David A. Bailey.

Hayward Gallery was also the originating venue for The Other Story.

»  Black Art: The Labour Party’s Line

Article relating to an exhibition, 1989

»  The Other Story - guide

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 1989

»  The Other Story - Wolverhampton invitation

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1990

»  Sonia Boyce, Missionary Position I press photograph

Photograph relating to an individual, 1985

»  Third Text: The Other Story

Journal relating to an exhibition, 1989

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
Official website: Wolverhampton Art Gallery

»  Black Art: The Labour Party’s Line

Article relating to an exhibition, 1989

»  The Other Story - guide

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 1989

»  The Other Story - Wolverhampton invitation

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1990

»  Sonia Boyce, Missionary Position I press photograph

Photograph relating to an individual, 1985

»  Third Text: The Other Story

Journal relating to an exhibition, 1989

London, United Kingdom

The Black-Art Gallery in North London was established by Shakka Gyata Dedi and a close group of associates. Together, they founded the project responsible for establishing and running the gallery - OBAALA - the Organisation for Black Arts Advancement and Leisure Activities. Subsequently, the world ‘Learning’ replaced the word ‘Leisure’. Under Dedi’s directorship, a significant number of Black artists had their first London solo exhibitions, which came with catalogues, posters, opening view cards, press releases and so on. In that regard, the gallery did much to present the work of a wide range of artists of African background and origin in a professional environment. Early exhibitions included ones by Keith Piper, Eddie Chambers, Donald Rodney, Sonia Boyce, and others.

A passionate believer in the potential of ‘Black Art’ to be a driving, guiding and illuminating force in the lives and destiny of Black (African, or Afrikan) peoples, Shakka Dedi and his colleagues created one of the first British manifestos of Black Art, which appeared in the catalogues accompanying several early exhibitions at The Black-Art Gallery, beginning with Heart in Exile, the gallery’s opening exhibition in the autumn of 1983.

From this point onwards, for the next six years, The Black-Art Gallery was in a position to impact on the ongoing debate about the nature, relevance and validity of ‘Black Art’ in Britain. OBAALA’s view of Black art was to some extent a reworking of the Black art manifestos offered ten to fifteen years earlier by the African American poets and prophets. “We believe that Black art is born of a consciousness based upon experience of what it means to be an Afrikan descendant wherever in the world we are. ‘Black’ in our context means all those of Afrikan descent. ‘Art’; the creative expression of the Black person or group based on historical or contemporary experiences. Black-Art should provide an historical document of local and international Black experience. It should educate by perpetuating traditional art forms to suit new experiences and environments. It is essential that Black artists aim to make their art ‘popular’ - that is an expression that the whole community can recognise and understand”. (1)

The OBAALA manifesto continued “we also believe that artistic creativity should extend itself to functional and common usage artefacts (e.g. Household furniture and artefacts). Overall honesty should be the mark of Black-Art, Therefore it cannot afford to be elitist or pretentious. We believe that Black-Art can, should and will play a very important role in community education and positive development, and that it is by having their work recognised by the general community that Black artists draw their strength. OBAALA exists therefore, to stimulate and implement discussion and activity which will bring about the desired close relationship between consciousness, art and positive community development.” (2)

One of the ways in which OBAALA strove to maintain what it considered to be a clear position was in the naming of the gallery. Whilst some artists and activists were starting to shy away from the term ‘Black Art’, OBAALA mounted a spirited defence of the term by calling their gallery space “The Black-Art Gallery”. This was not meant to be just a “Black” gallery. It was meant to be a unique exhibition space, dedicated to the promotion of “Black-Art”. Capital B, hyphen, capital A. The gallery refused to use or recognise any variation of this. The first exhibition organised and presented at The Black-Art Gallery was Heart in Exile which featured the work of 22 artists. Every one of them was of African-Caribbean origin. For almost a decade, the gallery maintained its “Afrikan-Caribbean” position and no other artists were exhibited there. Non-figurative or abstract painting was conspicuously absent from the gallery exhibition programme, because such work could be seen as being “elitist or pretentious”.

Following his departure from The Black-Art Gallery, Shakka Dedi ceased his involvement in the visual arts. However, in the development of Black artists’ practice in London in the 1980s, Shakka Dedi’s contributions remain substantial and of huge importance.

The Black-Art Gallery received its core funding in large part from Islington Borough Council. Following a period under the directorship of Marlene Smith, who steered the space in a different direction to the course charted by her predecessor, the gallery ceased operating towards the mid 1990s.

Islington Local History Centre, Finsbury Library has no information relating to The Black-Art Gallery in any of its catalogues and indexes.

(1) A Statement on Black Art and the Gallery. OBAALA Committee. Contained in Heart in Exile catalogue. p.4

(2) A Statement on Black Art and the Gallery. OBAALA Committee. Contained in Heart in Exile catalogue. p.4

»  Donald Rodney/The Atrocity Exhibition

Article relating to an exhibition, 1986

»  Donald Rodney | In Retrospect

Invite relating to an exhibition, 2008

»  Donald Rodney | In Retrospect - exhibition guide

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 2008

»  Donald Rodney | In Retrospect - invite

Invite relating to an exhibition, 2008

»  Liberator armed with paint brush

Article relating to an exhibition, 1986

Manchester, United Kingdom
Official website: Manchester City Art Gallery

From the website: “Manchester Art Gallery is part of Manchester City Galleries, a department of Manchester City Council. We operate four venues in and around the city: Manchester Art Gallery; The Gallery of Costume; Heaton Hall; Wythenshawe Hall. We care for the city’s internationally renowned and designated collections of fine art, decorative art and costume. We also run an ambitious programme of temporary exhibitions and displays, public events and education programmes. Our main venue Manchester Art Gallery re-opened in 2002 after a four year £35m redevelopment. Since then it has won several national awards and developed a reputation for high quality, family friendly services.”

»  Black Art: The Labour Party’s Line

Article relating to an exhibition, 1989

»  The Other Story - guide

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 1989

»  The Other Story - Wolverhampton invitation

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1990

»  Sonia Boyce, Missionary Position I press photograph

Photograph relating to an individual, 1985

»  Third Text: The Other Story

Journal relating to an exhibition, 1989

Manchester, United Kingdom
Official website: Cornerhouse

»  Black Art: The Labour Party’s Line

Article relating to an exhibition, 1989

»  The Other Story - guide

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 1989

»  The Other Story - Wolverhampton invitation

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1990

»  Sonia Boyce, Missionary Position I press photograph

Photograph relating to an individual, 1985

»  Third Text: The Other Story

Journal relating to an exhibition, 1989

London, United Kingdom

»  Bodies of Evidence

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1989

»  Bodies of Evidence, press release

Press release relating to an exhibition, 1989

»  Cataract

Press release relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Donald Rodney | In Retrospect

Invite relating to an exhibition, 2008

»  Donald Rodney | In Retrospect - invite

Invite relating to an exhibition, 2008

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Formally known as ‘Untitled Gallery’ - the gallery is now called ‘Site Gallery’

Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Official website: Stills

One of a number of Edinburgh venues for the British Art Show 5

Rochdale, United Kingdom
Official website: Rochdale Art Gallery

Rochdale Art Gallery has been the venue for a significant number of Black artists’ exhibitions; in particular during the 1990s. Artists exhibiting there have included Lubaina Himid, Claudette Johnson, Tam Joseph, Keith Piper, and Donald Rodney.

»  Critical

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1990

»  Donald Rodney | Critical

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1990

»  Donald Rodney | In Retrospect

Invite relating to an exhibition, 2008

»  Donald Rodney | In Retrospect - invite

Invite relating to an exhibition, 2008

»  Visual Arts Reviews/Donald Rodney

Review relating to an exhibition, 1989

London, United Kingdom
Official website: Chisenhale Gallery

»  Acons/Rodney

Review relating to an exhibition, 1989

»  Donald Rodney | Crisis

Press release relating to an exhibition, 1989

»  Donald Rodney | In Retrospect

Invite relating to an exhibition, 2008

»  Donald Rodney | In Retrospect - invite

Invite relating to an exhibition, 2008

»  Visual Arts Reviews/Donald Rodney

Review relating to an exhibition, 1989

Birmingham, United Kingdom
Official website: Saltley Print and Media (S.P.A.M.)

»  The First White Christmas, and Other Empire Stories

Poster relating to an exhibition, 1985

London, United Kingdom
Official website: Bedford Hill Gallery

»  Different diasporas (on work by Rodney, Merali and Piper)

Article relating to an exhibition, 1989

London, United Kingdom

»  Different diasporas (on work by Rodney, Merali and Piper)

Article relating to an exhibition, 1989

»  On Black Art - Emmanuel Cooper

Article relating to an exhibition, 1989

Sheffield, United Kingdom

»  Acons/Rodney

Review relating to an exhibition, 1989

»  Crisis

Press release relating to an exhibition, 1989

»  Donald Rodney | In Retrospect

Invite relating to an exhibition, 2008

»  Donald Rodney | In Retrospect - invite

Invite relating to an exhibition, 2008

»  On Black Art - Emmanuel Cooper

Article relating to an exhibition, 1989

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

British Art Show 5 Edinburgh venue

»  The British Art Show 5 catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2000

»  British Art Show 5 guide

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 2000

Bristol, United Kingdom
Official website: Arnolfini

From the website: “In a fantastic waterside location at the heart of Bristol’s harbourside, Arnolfini is one of Europe’s leading centres for the contemporary arts. Art exhibitions, a cinema, live art and dance there is always something new to see. The converted warehouse contains one of the country’s best arts bookshops as well a café bar.”

One of the UK venues for Rhapsodies in Black: Art of the Harlem Renaissance, (6 September - 19 October 1998).

The exhibition was organised by the Hayward Gallery, London, in collaboration with The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., and the Institute of International Visual Arts, London. The exhibition was devised and selected by Richard J. Powell and David A. Bailey.

»  The Black Moving Cube

Brochure relating to an exhibition, 2006

»  The Black Moving Cube: Black Figuration and the Moving Image

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2006

»  Four X 4

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Trophies of Empire

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 1992

»  Trophies of Empire | New Art Commissions in Bristol, Hull and Liverpool

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1992

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

British Art Show 5 Edinburgh venue

»  The British Art Show 5 catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2000

»  British Art Show 5 guide

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 2000

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

British Art Show 5 Edinburgh venue

»  The British Art Show 5 catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2000

»  British Art Show 5 guide

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 2000

Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Official website: Fruitmarket Gallery

British Art Show 5 Edinburgh venue

»  A Bizarre Form of Anthropology

Article relating to an exhibition, 1987

»  The British Art Show 5 catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2000

»  British Art Show 5 guide

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 2000

»  From Two Worlds - catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1986

»  From Two Worlds - press release

Press release relating to an exhibition, 1986

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

British Art Show 5 Edinburgh venue

»  The British Art Show 5 catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2000

»  British Art Show 5 guide

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 2000

Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Official website: Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

British Art Show 5 Edinburgh venue

»  The British Art Show 5 catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2000

»  British Art Show 5 guide

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 2000

»  Maud Sulter | Jeanne Duval: A Melodrama

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2003

»  Reading the Image: Poetics of the Black Diaspora

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2006

»  Tracing the thin black line

Article relating to an exhibition, 2003

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

British Art Show 5 Edinburgh venue

»  The British Art Show 5 catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2000

»  British Art Show 5 guide

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 2000

Southampton, United Kingdom

British Art Show 5 Southampton venue

»  The British Art Show 5 catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2000

»  British Art Show 5 guide

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 2000

Southampton, United Kingdom

British Art Show 5 Southampton venue

»  The British Art Show 5 catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2000

»  British Art Show 5 guide

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 2000

Southampton, United Kingdom

British Art Show 5 Southampton venue

»  The British Art Show 5 catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2000

»  British Art Show 5 guide

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 2000

»  Chris Ofili 1998 catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1998

»  Exhibitions: Chris Ofili

Preview relating to an exhibition, 1998

»  Wasafiri - Chris Ofili review

Review relating to an exhibition, 1999

Cardiff, United Kingdom

British Art Show 5 Cardiff venue

»  The British Art Show 5 catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2000

»  British Art Show 5 guide

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 2000

Cardiff, United Kingdom

British Art Show 5 Cardiff venue

»  The British Art Show 5 catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2000

»  British Art Show 5 guide

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 2000

Cardiff, United Kingdom

British Art Show 5 Cardiff venue

»  The British Art Show 5 catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2000

»  British Art Show 5 guide

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 2000

Cardiff, United Kingdom

British Art Show 5 Cardiff venue

»  The British Art Show 5 catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2000

»  British Art Show 5 guide

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 2000

Birmingham, United Kingdom
Official website: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

British Art Show 5 Birmingham venue

»  Anwar Shemza

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1997

»  The British Art Show 5 catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2000

»  British Art Show 5 guide

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 2000

»  True Stories

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2003

»  True Stories

Invite relating to an exhibition, 2004

London, United Kingdom

Located at the Manresa Road site of Chelsea College of Art and Design. Venue for The Devil’s Feast exhibition, 1987

»  Problematic Space - The Devil’s Feast - exhibition review

Review relating to an exhibition, 1987

Lancaster, United Kingdom

The Storey Institute, Meeting House Lane, Lancaster, was the venue for Us an’ Dem [Us and Them]: an exhibition of work by Faisal Abdu’Allah, Denzil Forrester, and Tam Joseph, curated by Eddie Chambers, held at 18/3/94 - 15/4/94.

Extracts from the press release: “Us an’ Dem is an exhibition that attempts to take a critical look at relationships bettween the police, the judiciary and the Black community. The exhibition presents three artists’ responses to these issues. All three artists are of African-Caribbean origin, and all are resident in the London area. Faisal Abdu’Allah was born in London. Denzil Forrester was born in Grenada, and Tam Joseph was born in Dominica… Us an’ dem is not an optimistic exhibition, though it decisively demonstrates that the Black communitry continues to have genuine and deep-seated anxieties, frustrations and concerns about the state of its relationships with the collective forces of ‘law and order’.”

A boxed catalogue with 15 postcards was produced to accompany the exhibition.

The title of the exhibition was taken from a poem, Us an Dem, by Benjamin Zephaniah, who opened the exhibition.

»  Donald Rodney/Us an’ Dem postcard

Postcard relating to an exhibition, 1994

»  Keith Piper/Donald Rodney/Us an’ Dem

Postcard relating to an exhibition, 1994

»  Law and order on new show’s agenda

Review relating to an exhibition, 1994

»  Us an’ Dem (Us and Them) - press release

Press release relating to an exhibition, 1994

»  Us an’ Dem boxed catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1994

London, United Kingdom

»  Inside Out

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1998

»  Permindar Kaur | Out of Breath - catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1999

»  Permindar Kaur | Out of Breath - invite card

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1999

»  Permindar Kaur | Out of Breath - press release

Press release relating to an exhibition, 1999

London, United Kingdom

One of five venues in the Euston area of London, used for ‘The Visible and the Invisible: re-presenting the body in contemporary art and society’ 21/9/96 - 26/10/96

»  The Visible and the Invisible

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 1996

London, United Kingdom

One of five venues in the Euston area of London, used for The Visible and the Invisible: re-presenting the body in contemporary art and society 21/9/96 - 26/10/96

»  The Visible and the Invisible

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 1996

London, United Kingdom

One of five venues in the Euston area of London, used for The Visible and the Invisible: re-presenting the body in contemporary art and society 21/9/96 - 26/10/96

»  The Visible and the Invisible

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 1996

London, United Kingdom

British headquarters of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and one of five venues in the Euston area of London, used for The Visible and the Invisible: re-presenting the body in contemporary art and society 21/9/96 - 26/10/96

»  The Visible and the Invisible

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 1996

London, United Kingdom

One of London’s major railway stations, and one of five venues in the Euston area of London, used for The Visible and the Invisible: re-presenting the body in contemporary art and society 21/9/96 - 26/10/96

»  The Visible and the Invisible

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 1996

London, United Kingdom
Official website: Barbican

From their website:”The Barbican is Europe’s largest multi-arts and conference venue presenting a diverse range of art, music, theatre, dance, film and education events. It is also home to the London Symphony Orchestra.”

»  A Body of Work: Donald Rodney

Article relating to an exhibition, 1996

»  Body Visual

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1996

»  Body Visual: Artists Examine the Essense of Medical Science

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1996

»  Body Visual: Artists Examine the Essense of Medical Science

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 1996

»  Connections: Science - Art Interactions

Article relating to an exhibition, 1996

Leicester, United Kingdom
Official website: City Gallery Leicester

The City Gallery was the venue for a significant number of exhibitions of work by artists and craftspeople of African, Caribbean and South Asian background, particularly during the course of the 1990s. The City Gallery, located at 90 Granby Street, Leicester closed on 9th January 2010.

It was the opening venue for Frank Bowling: Bowling on Through the Century (11/9/96 - 12/10/96), and was the venue for Origin of End (7/6/02 - 13/7/02).

The City Gallery was also a touring venue for Crossing the Waters (19 January - 1 March 2008). It was first exhibited at Cartwright Hall, before touring to the City Gallery, Leicrester,  The exhibition featured work by Sonia Boyce, Uzo Egonu, Tam Joseph, Isaac Julien, Glenn Ligon, Hew Locke, Chris Ofili, Keith Piper, Ingrid Pollard, Yinka Shonibare, Carrie Mae Weems, and Aubrey Williams. All but two of the artists were of British background; Ligon and Weems were African-American practitioners.

Crossing the Waters was one of a number of exhibitions that took place throughout 2007 as part of Freedom & Culture 2007: The Bicentenary of the Parliamentary Abolition of the Slave Trade. The Foreword to the Crossing the Waters catalogue, by Mark Suggitt, Head of Museums, Galleries & Heritage at Bradford Museums Galleries & Heritage, included references to how the exhibition had come about. Wrote Suggitt, “An interesting fact about Crossing the Waters is that almost all of the works are drawn from the permanent collections of Bradford Museums, Galleries and Heritage. The works were acquired, it must be stressed, because of the artists’ positioning within contemporary British art. However, the Bicentenary provided an intellectual and historical rationale for showing these works as a group, albeit a very diverse one.”

Earlier in his Foreword, Suggitt had stated, “Crossing the Waters makes a significant contribution to Freedom and Culture, a dynamic, year-long, nationwide programme that marks the bicentenary of the Parliamentary Abolition of the Slave Trade in the British Empire. Freedom and Culture has been conceived and directed by Professor Lola Young of Cultural Brokers and Dr Nima Poovaya-Smith of Alchemy.”

»  Four X 4

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Frank Bowling | Bowling on Through the Century

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1996

»  Frank Bowling | Comes a Horseman postcard

Postcard relating to an individual, 1996

»  Ingrid Pollard | Landscape Trauma 2006 - postcard

Postcard relating to an exhibition, 2007

»  There is No Redemption/Origin of End

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2002

Bradford, United Kingdom

Second venue for Frank Bowling: Bowling on Through the Century (13 January - 7 February 1997). Gallery II, University of Bradford was also one of the venues for Tam Joseph: This is History an exhibition curated and organised by Eddie Chambers. The exhibition was an overview of Tam Joseph’s paintings, produced over a period of two decades. Alongside earlier pieces by Joseph, the exhibition featured the artist’s later works, such as Under the Sea, and The Flying Doctor. The exhibition also included well-known works by Joseph such as UK School Report, Spirit of the Carnival, and Native Girl With Fetish. The exhibition was accompanied by a catalogue, which featured contributions by Hiroko Hagiwara, and an in-conversation piece with the artist and Nancy Hynes.

The exhibition toured to a number of venues in England, including Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield and Tullie House, Carlisle.

»  Frank Bowling | Bowling on Through the Century

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1996

»  Frank Bowling | Comes a Horseman postcard

Postcard relating to an individual, 1996

»  Tam Joseph: This is History - catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1998

Bexhill-on-Sea, United Kingdom

Third venue for Frank Bowling: Bowling on Through the Century (27/2/97 - 31/3/97)

»  Frank Bowling | Bowling on Through the Century

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1996

»  Frank Bowling | Comes a Horseman postcard

Postcard relating to an individual, 1996

Bracknell, United Kingdom

Fourth venue for Frank Bowling: Bowling on Through the Century (5/4/97 - 10/5/97)

»  Frank Bowling | Bowling on Through the Century

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1996

»  Frank Bowling | Comes a Horseman postcard

Postcard relating to an individual, 1996

Birmingham, United Kingdom
Official website: Midlands Arts Centre - mac - mac birmingham

Fifth venue for Frank Bowling: Bowling on Through the Century (14/6/97 - 27/7/97)

»  Frank Bowling | Bowling on Through the Century

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1996

»  Frank Bowling | Comes a Horseman postcard

Postcard relating to an individual, 1996

»  Vanley Burke: By the Rivers of Birminam Invitation

Announcement relating to an exhibition, 2012

Coventry, United Kingdom

Sixth and final venue for Frank Bowling: Bowling on Through the Century.

»  Frank Bowling | Bowling on Through the Century

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1996

»  Frank Bowling | Comes a Horseman postcard

Postcard relating to an individual, 1996

London, United Kingdom

Temporary venue established and utilised by Lubaina Himid, for her Unrecorded Truths exhibition, 16/4/86 - 16/5/86. Elbow Room was located in Vine Yard, London SE1. Unrecorded Truths featured Brenda Agard, Simone Alexander, David Bailey, Sutapa Biswas, Sonia Boyce, Allan de Souza, Keith Piper, Donald Rodney, Marlene Smith.

»  The Elbow Room - 2 Reviews

Review relating to an exhibition, 1986

»  Marlene Smith

Poster relating to an exhibition, 1986

»  Numbered Days

Letter relating to an exhibition, 1986

»  See No Evil - Donald Rodney

Poster relating to an exhibition, 1986

»  Unrecorded Truths

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1986

Hull, United Kingdom
Official website: Ferens Art Gallery

Hull venue, part of the Trophies of Empire project.

»  Trophies of Empire

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 1992

»  Trophies of Empire

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1994

»  Trophies of Empire | Artists Commissions

Brochure relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Trophies of Empire | Launch of New Publication

Press release relating to an exhibition, 1994

»  Trophies of Empire | New Art Commissions in Bristol, Hull and Liverpool

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1992

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Liverpool venue, part of the Trophies of Empire project.

»  Trade Winds: an installation by Keith Piper

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 1992

»  Trophies of Empire

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1994

»  Trophies of Empire | Artists Commissions

Brochure relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Trophies of Empire | Launch of New Publication

Press release relating to an exhibition, 1994

»  Trophies of Empire | New Art Commissions in Bristol, Hull and Liverpool

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1992

Hull, United Kingdom

Hull venue, part of the Trophies of Empire project.

»  Trophies of Empire

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1994

»  Trophies of Empire - 2 reviews

Review relating to an exhibition, 1992

»  Trophies of Empire: a major publication

Press release relating to a publication, 1994

»  Trophies of Empire | Artists Commissions

Brochure relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Trophies of Empire | Launch of New Publication

Press release relating to an exhibition, 1994

London, United Kingdom
Official website: Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)

From the ICA website: “The ICA is home to the best new art and culture from Britain and around the world. A meeting point for exploration between artists and audiences, the ICA examines the questions that shape our culture, society and individual lives. We believe in creative adventure. In art as inspiration. Ultimately the ICA is not so much a place as a principle. A belief in the new. An enduring faith in the creativity of tomorrow.” Ekow Eshun

“The Institute of Contemporary Arts was established in 1947 by a collective of artists, poets and writers to showcase and champion contemporary culture across a wide range of art forms. Since its establishment, it has been at the centre of many of the most significant artistic and cultural developments in the past 60 years. It has also introduced numerous artists, performers, writers and other cultural figures to a wider audience, both nationally and internationally. Today, the ICA consists of two galleries, two cinemas, a theatre, a bookshop, a bar and café and private function rooms. Its programme covers visual arts, music, cinema, talks and educational events. It provides a forum for the creative industries, providing networking opportunities and a range of organised events. The ICA Bookshop offers a wide range of books, magazines, DVDs and other merchandise both in-store and on line. The ICA’s facilities, including two magnificent function rooms, are also available for private hire and events.”

The ICA is located on The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH. Box Office: 020 7930 3647 / Switchboard: 020 7930 0493

»  Alien Nation

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2006

»  Black Film British Cinema

Book relating to an exhibition, 1988

»  The Mannerist Marketplace

Article relating to an exhibition, 1987

»  State of the Art: Exhibition and book

Review relating to an exhibition, 1987

»  Steve McQueen

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1999

Norwich, United Kingdom
Official website: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts

»  Alien Nation

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2006

»  The Mannerist Marketplace

Article relating to an exhibition, 1987

»  State of the Art: Exhibition and book

Review relating to an exhibition, 1987

»  State of the Art: Ideas and Images in the 1980s

Book relating to an exhibition, 1987

London, United Kingdom
Official website: Serpentine Gallery

»  Chris Ofili - List of Works

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 1998

»  Chris Ofili - profile

Press release relating to an exhibition, 1998

»  Chris Ofili 1998 catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1998

»  Exhibitions: Chris Ofili

Preview relating to an exhibition, 1998

»  Wasafiri - Chris Ofili review

Review relating to an exhibition, 1999

Manchester, United Kingdom
Official website: Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester

»  Chris Ofili - List of Works

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 1998

»  Chris Ofili - profile

Press release relating to an exhibition, 1998

»  Chris Ofili 1998 catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1998

»  Exhibitions: Chris Ofili

Preview relating to an exhibition, 1998

»  Wasafiri - Chris Ofili review

Review relating to an exhibition, 1999

Nottingham, United Kingdom

»  There is No Redemption/Origin of End

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2002

London, United Kingdom
Official website: BFI Southbank Gallery

»  The Browning of Britannia

Brochure relating to an exhibition, 2008

»  John Akomfrah | Mnemosyne

Announcement relating to an exhibition, 2010

Bath Spa, United Kingdom

Walcott Chapel was the venue for Anthony Key: Walcot Chapel, Bath, 24 September - 19 October 2002.  Extracts from the introduction to the accompanying catalogue, as follows: “This new exhibition by Key takes place within the almost astonishing architectural gem which is Walcot Chapel, in the centre of Bath. Built in the mid 19th century, Walcot Chapel is now a deconsecrated building, stripped of its furniture but maintaining a wonderful and intimate whitewashed space that provides an ideal environment for Key to create this installation. This is an ambitious work, involving the making of large numbers of “bricks’. The work in question, a Buddha made (like Great Wall before it) from bricks cast from tin foil containers, mirrors and animates a range of concerns and reference points. Not least amongst these reference points is the architectural grandeur and pretensions of “the Georgian City“ itself.”

»  Anthony Key

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2002

Leeds, United Kingdom
Official website: Leeds City Art Gallery, The Headrow

Touring venue for Lesley Sanderson’s solo exhibition These Colours Run. Touring venue for Depicting History: For Today.

»  Depicting History : For Today

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1987

»  Depicting History | For Today

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1987

»  Sutapa Biswas

Book relating to an exhibition, 2004

»  Sutapa Biswas | Birdsong

Invite relating to an exhibition, 2004

»  Sutapa Biswas | Birdsong

Brochure relating to an exhibition, 2004

London, United Kingdom

The Foyer Gallery at the Barbican no longer exists (as far as can be found on their website). It appears that the Curve Gallery has taken its  place as the exhibiting space for contemporary art at the Barbican.

Walsall, United Kingdom
Official website: The New Art Gallery Walsall

»  Art Monthly 288 | Back to Black: art, cinema and the racial imaginary

Review relating to an exhibition, 2005

»  Back to Black - brochure

Brochure relating to an exhibition, 2005

»  Back to Black - catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2005

»  Hew Locke

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2005

»  How Sweet It Was

Article relating to an exhibition, 2005

London, United Kingdom
Official website: Whitechapel Art Gallery

Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, was the venue for From Two Worlds exhibition, 30 July - 8th September 1986. Originated by Nicholas Serota and Gavin Jantjes, the exhibition featured Rasheed Araeen, Saleem Arif, Franklyn Beckford, Zadok Ben-David, Zarina Bhimji, The Black Audio Film Collective, Sonia Boyce, Sokari Douglas Camp, Denzil Forrester, Lubaina Himid, Gavin Jantjes, Tam Joseph, Houria Niati, Keith Piper, Veronica Ryan, and Shafique Uddin.

It was also the venue for exhibitions such as Back to Black (2005) and a major Zarina Bhimji mid career retrospective that took place in 2012.

»  Art Monthly 288 | Back to Black: art, cinema and the racial imaginary

Review relating to an exhibition, 2005

»  Back to Black - brochure

Brochure relating to an exhibition, 2005

»  Back to Black - catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2005

»  Back to Black: art, cinema and the racial imaginary

Review relating to an exhibition, 2005

»  How Sweet It Was

Article relating to an exhibition, 2005

Norwich, United Kingdom

Gallery attached to Norfolk Institute of Art and Design (NIAD)

»  History and Identity | Seven Painters

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Pressure | Photographs by Horace Ové

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2004

»  Pressure | Photographs by Horace Ové - invite card

Invite relating to an exhibition, 2004

»  Pressure | Photographs by Horace Ové - invite card

Invite relating to an exhibition, 2004

»  Third Text: Art and Immigration

Journal relating to a publication, 1991

Lincoln, United Kingdom

Touring venue for History and Identity, 6 July - 3 August 1991, following its showing at Norwich Gallery, 16 March - 11 May 1991.

»  History and Identity | Seven Painters

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Third Text: Art and Immigration

Journal relating to a publication, 1991

Preston, United Kingdom

»  3 Artists Journeys & Recollections in Embers

Invite relating to an exhibition

»  Four X 4

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  The Mannerist Marketplace

Article relating to an exhibition, 1987

»  State of the Art: Exhibition and book

Review relating to an exhibition, 1987

»  State of the Art: Ideas and Images in the 1980s

Book relating to an exhibition, 1987

Nottingham, United Kingdom
Official website: Castle Museum

»  Four X 4

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1991

Ipswich, United Kingdom

Venue for Eugene Palmer: Index, 17 January - 28 March 2004.

»  Eugene Palmer | Index

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2004

London, United Kingdom
Official website: Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts)

Rivington Place,
London,
EC2A 3BA
UK

Tel: +44 (0)20 7729 9616
Fax: +44 (0)20 7729 9509

Organisation description: “Established in 1994 to address an imbalance in the representation of culturally diverse artists, curators and writers. Iniva is a registered charity, funded by Arts Council England and governed by a Board of Trustees. The Chair of the Board is Paula Kahn. We are a team of 15 staff, based at Rivington Place in Shoreditch, East London.”

Mission statement: “Iniva creates exhibitions, publications, digital projects, education and research projects, designed to bring the work of artists from culturally diverse backgrounds to the attention of the widest possible public. Anchored in the diversity of contemporary British culture and society, Iniva engages with culturally diverse practices and ideas, both local and global. Iniva invites artists and audiences to question assumptions about contemporary art and ideas, acting as a catalyst for making these debates and artworks part of mainstream culture.”

»  Black Audio Film Collective - Arnolfini exhibition guide

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 2007

»  Donald Rodney | In Retrospect

Invite relating to an exhibition, 2008

»  Donald Rodney | In Retrospect - exhibition guide

Exhibition guide relating to an exhibition, 2008

»  Donald Rodney | In Retrospect - invite

Invite relating to an exhibition, 2008

»  The Ghosts of Songs - invite

Invite relating to an exhibition, 2007

Sheffield, United Kingdom
Official website: Mappin Art Gallery, Weston Park

Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield was one of the venues for Tam Joseph: This is History, an exhibition curated and organised by Eddie Chambers. The exhibition was an overview of Tam Joseph’s paintings, produced over a period of two decades. Alongside earlier pieces by Joseph, the exhibition featured the artist’s later works, such as Under the Sea, and The Flying Doctor. The exhibition also included well-known works by Joseph such as UK School Report, Spirit of the Carnival, and Native Girl With Fetish. The exhibition was accompanied by a catalogue, which featured contributions by Hiroko Hagiwara, and an in-conversation piece with the artist and Nancy Hynes.

The exhibition toured to a number of venues in England, including Tullie House, Carlisle and Gallery II, University of Bradford.

»  Depicting History : For Today

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1987

»  Depicting History | For Today

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1987

»  Tam Joseph: This is History - catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1998

»  Yinka Shonibare - Dressing Down

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1999

London, United Kingdom
Official website: Royal Festival Hall

»  Hysteria | Photoworks by Maud Sulter

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Hysteria | Photoworks by Maud Sulter

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Shocks to the System

Article relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Shocks to the System - catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Shocks to the System - Spare Rib piece

Article relating to an exhibition, 1991

Sunderland, United Kingdom
Official website: Northern Centre for Contemporary Art

»  Shocks to the System

Article relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Shocks to the System - catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Shocks to the System - Spare Rib piece

Article relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Yinka Shonibare - Dressing Down

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1999

Eastbourne, United Kingdom

»  Shocks to the System

Article relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Shocks to the System - catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Shocks to the System - Spare Rib piece

Article relating to an exhibition, 1991

Plymouth, United Kingdom
Official website: City Museum and Art Gallery

»  Shocks to the System

Article relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Shocks to the System - catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Shocks to the System - Spare Rib piece

Article relating to an exhibition, 1991

Ayr, United Kingdom
Official website: Maclaurin Art Gallery

»  Shocks to the System

Article relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Shocks to the System - catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Shocks to the System - Spare Rib piece

Article relating to an exhibition, 1991

Exeter, United Kingdom
Official website: Royal Albert Memorial Museum

»  Aubrey Williams | Paintings

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1969

»  Shocks to the System

Article relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Shocks to the System - catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Shocks to the System - Spare Rib piece

Article relating to an exhibition, 1991

London, United Kingdom
Official website: Hackney Hospital

Hackney Hospital, Homerton High Street, London E9

Site for the group exhibition Care and Control, 27 June - 5 August 1995. The building is a former workhouse and psychiatric hospital, and this exhibition involved a group of artists making artwork in response to the hospital alongside an exhibition of work from patients working within the hospital’s art therapy programme. The hospital was scheduled to close in 1995 - after 270 years of use.

»  Care and Control

Article relating to an exhibition, 1995

»  Creative Disturbance

Article relating to an exhibition, 1995

»  Hands-on therapy for users /Donald Rodney

Article relating to an exhibition, 1995

»  Letter to Eddie Chambers

Correspondence relating to an individual, 1996

»  Opening Lines/new contexts for artists’ projects

Brochure relating to an exhibition, 1995

London, United Kingdom

Goldsmiths College’s Fine Art degree courses have used students’ studios for degree shows. For a time, Goldsmiths College was also the location of Goldsmiths Gallery. Goldsmiths Gallery has ceased operating, but plans exist for the building of a new gallery. See www.gold.ac.uk/giving-to-goldsmiths/areas-to-support/artgallery/ (accessed 12 October 2013).

»  Goldsmiths College B.A. Fine Art 1993 degree show

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1993

Exeter, United Kingdom
Official website: Spacex

45 Preston Street
Exeter
EX1 1DF

Tel: 01392 431786
Fax: 01392 213786
Email@spacex.org.uk

From the ‘about’ section of the website: “Spacex is a public-funded contemporary art space and registered educational charity. It works to encourage public engagement with the latest developments in contemporary art through commissioned projects, exhibitions, events, talks and activities for all ages. Spacex became a registered charity in the early 1990s and is now recognised by Arts Council England as one of the UK’s leading international contemporary art spaces. Spacex presents the work of emerging artists as well as those who are internationally renowned.”

»  Personal Effects | Sculpture and Belongings

Press release relating to an exhibition, 1998

»  Personal Effects | Sculpture and Belongings - catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1998

»  Personal Effects | Sculpture and Belongings - invitation card

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1998

London, United Kingdom
Official website: Artangel

Commissioning agency - from their website: “Based in London but working across Britain and beyond, Artangel commissions exceptional projects by outstanding contemporary artists. Over the past two decades, the projects have materialised in a range of different sites and situations and in countless forms of media.”

»  Steve McQueen | Caribs’ Leap / Western Deep

Book relating to an exhibition, 2002

Llandudno, Wales, United Kingdom
Official website: Oriel Mostyn

12 Heol Vaughan
Llandudno
LL30 1AB

Tel: 01492 879201
fax: 01492 878869
email: post@mostyn.org

From the website: “Oriel Mostyn Gallery is the largest independent publicly-funded gallery in Wales. We show Welsh and international contemporary art in a programme of temporary exhibitions, each lasting around six weeks. We do not have a collection but sometimes show modern and historical work, often borrowed from major collections, notably that of National Museum Wales. Galleries and audiences: The Mostyn’s exhibition galleries have been described as among the most beautiful in Britain. In a Grade 2 listed building, they were purpose-built in 1901, are well-proportioned and are naturally-lit from above. The give approximately 200 square metres of floor space with around linear 70 metres of wall space. The current expansion will nearly double the exhibiting space and will also use natural toplighting for the main new gallery space. A large audience has developed for our activities. Our exhibitions attract some 50-55,000 visitors annually, with both a strong local following and visitors attracted from all over north Wales and elsewhere.”

»  Intimacy - invitation card

Invite relating to an exhibition, 2001

»  Yinka Shonibare - Dressing Down

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1999

London, United Kingdom
Official website: ROLLO Contemporary Art

51 Cleveland Street
London W1T 4JH

T:020 7580 0020
F:020 7580 0040
E: info@rolloart.com

From the website: “ROLLO Contemporary Art opened in 2005 and fast established itself as a serious force in the art world. Supporting emerging artists through to the well-established, both abstract and figurative, the gallery is not restricted on media or form, but is driven by a desire to exhibit contemporary art of the highest quality. ROLLO is dedicated to discovering and promoting art of the highest standard; art which is technically well made, aesthetically beautiful and also academically grounded, which contributes to the ever developing story of art. During 2008 ROLLO will be working with Royal Academician Frank Bowling, Gerry Judah, Francesca Aninat, Angela Reilly (BP Portrait Prize runner up 2006), Michelle Souter and Claire Morgan. ROLLO Contemporary Art gallery supports the Alzheimer’s Society, donating a percentage of proceeds from all exhibition sales to the charity.”

»  Frank Bowling RA

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2006

»  Frank Bowling | New York Works

Invite relating to an exhibition, 2008

»  Zippers: New Works by Frank Bowling R.A

Brochure relating to an exhibition, 2009

London, United Kingdom
Official website: Poussin Gallery

Block K
13 Bell Yard Mews
175 Bermondsey Street
London SE1 3UW

tel. 020 7403 4444
fax. 020 7403 9217
mail@poussin-gallery.com

From the website: “Poussin Gallery is primarily concerned with the furtherance and promotion of abstract visual art, of a kind which demonstrates an understanding of its links to art history, without resort to nostalgia or mannerism. Our specialism is in British abstract painting from the Seventies, but we exhibit work from the Sixties onwards to the present day, including new work by artists seeking to extend the disciplines of abstract painting and sculpture.”

»  Frank Bowling | Pondlife

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2008

Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Official website: The Arts Institute at Bournemouth - The Gallery

Wallisdown
Poole
Dorset
BH12 5HH
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)1202 533 011
Email: general@aib.ac.uk

From the website: “The Gallery is a major resource for contemporary visual art at the Institute and has received regional and national recognition. The Gallery has regular exhibitions from some of today’s leading artists and critical writers including Ian McKeever and David Miller (poet); and Susan Stockwell and Rosemary Miles (Curator, Victoria & Albert Museum). It also shows collections on loan from other galleries and museums. The Gallery functions as a learning resource and is integrated into the teaching, learning and research practice undertaken at the Institute. Student work is displayed in the Summer Show exhibitions and students also have the opportunity to propose or curate shows as part of The Gallery programme. text + work promotes dialogue between innovative contemporary art and design practice and its theoretical context. It provides a platform for practitioners, writers and curators who wish to examine and extend the boundaries between contemporary practice and critical discourse. There are text + work gallery events, critical texts, shared and networked exhibitions, and a text + work website.”

»  The Arts Institute at Bournemouth

Letter relating to an exhibition, 2008

»  Big Paintings | Jim Hunter + Frank Bowling - catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2008

»  Big Paintings | Jim Hunter + Frank Bowling - invitation card

Invite relating to an exhibition, 2008

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
Official website: University of Wolverhampton (Millennium Building)

»  Big Paintings | Frank Bowling RA

Invite relating to an exhibition, 2008

»  Welcome Return for Frank Bowling RA

Letter relating to an individual, 2008

»  Welcome Return for Frank Bowling RA

Letter relating to an exhibition, 2008

Liverpool, United Kingdom
Official website: Tate Liverpool

Albert Dock
Liverpool
L3 4BB

Tel: 0151 702 7400 (international +44 151 702 7400)
Fax: 0151 702 7401
TextPhone: 18801 7027400
Email: visiting.liverpool@tate.org.uk

From the website: “Tate Liverpool welcomes over 600,000 visitors a year, is the home of the National Collection of Modern Art in the North of England, and one of the largest galleries of modern and contemporary art in the UK, outside London. Tate Liverpool houses two main types of exhibits: displays from the Tate Collection and special exhibitions of modern and contemporary art. The special exhibition programme brings together works from national and international collections, both public and private. Since the gallery opened in 1988, Tate Liverpool has had over 150 different exhibitions and collection displays of work by hundreds of different artists, some seen for the first time in the UK at Tate Liverpool. Major exhibitions include Salvador Dali: A Mythology (1998), Shopping: A Century of Art and Consumer Culture (2002-03) and Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era (2005). Tate Liverpool hosted the Turner Prize 2007, the first time the prize had been presented outside London since it began in 1984, as a curtain-raiser for Liverpool European Capital of Culture 2008.”

Tate Liverpool was the venue for Afro Modern, a major exhibition that took place at Tate Liverpool in the spring of 2010. The exhibition was accompanied by a major catalogue. This small gallery guide also accompanied the exhibition. From the guide:

“Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic explores the impact of different black cultures from around the Atlantic on art from the early twentieth-century to today. The exhibition takes its inspiration from Paul Gilroy’s influential book The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness published in 1993. It features over 140 works by more than 60 artists.

Gilroy used the term ‘The Black Atlantic’ to describe the transmission of black cultures around the Atlantic, and the instances of cultural hybridity, that occurred as a result of transatlantic slavery and its legacy.

Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic reflects Gilroy’s idea of the Atlantic Ocean as a ‘continent in negative’, offering a network connecting Africa, North and South America, the Caribbean and Europe. It traces both real and imagined routes taken across the Atlantic, and highlights artistic links and dialogues from the early twentieth-century to today.

The exhibition is divided into seven chronological sections. Charting new forms of art arising from black culture and the work of black artists and intellectuals, it opens up an alternative, transatlantic reading of modernism and contemporary culture.”

Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic was part of Liverpool and the Black Atlantic, described in the brochure as “a series of exhibitions and events that explores connections between cultures and continents. Partners include the Bluecoat, FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology), International Slavery Museum, Kuumba Imani Millenium Centre, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Metal, Tate Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, and the University of Liverpool.”

The exhibition was presented in seven sections:

Black Atlantic Avant-Gardes
Maya Deren - Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Black Orpheus
Dissident Identities
Reconstructing the Middle Passage
Exhibiting Bodies
From Post-Modern to Post-Black

The guide, A6 portrait in size, offered brief introductions to each of the exhibition’s seven sections.

»  Hysteria by Maud Sulter

Letter relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Hysteria by Maud Sulter

Press release relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Hysteria | Photoworks by Maud Sulter

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Hysteria | Photoworks by Maud Sulter

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Maud Sulter | Hysteria

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1991

Kendal, United Kingdom
Official website: Brewery Arts Centre

Highgate, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4HE

admin@breweryarts.co.uk
Information line: 01539 795090
Fax: 01539 730257

From the website: “After being bought by the Lake District Theatre Trust Limited in 1970, work started on converting the Grade III Listed building into a modern arts centre. On 10 May, 1972, the Brewery Arts and Community Centre, consisting in those early days of a small theatre and two other rooms, opened its doors to the public. Since then The Brewery Arts Centre has been a hub of creativity in the small South Lakes town. From humble beginnings as a small theatre, the centre now has a 450 capacity music venue, three cinemas, visual arts and photographic galleries, a drama studio, art and crafts workshops, darkroom facilities, playgroup and meeting rooms, a great restaurant, the famous Vats Bar, an art-house cinema and Warehouse Café and a fantastic theatre seating 260.”

»  Hysteria by Maud Sulter

Letter relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Hysteria by Maud Sulter

Press release relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Hysteria | Photoworks by Maud Sulter

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Hysteria | Photoworks by Maud Sulter

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Maud Sulter | Hysteria

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1991

Darlington, United Kingdom
Official website: Darlington Art Gallery

»  Hysteria by Maud Sulter

Letter relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Hysteria by Maud Sulter

Press release relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Hysteria | Photoworks by Maud Sulter

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Hysteria | Photoworks by Maud Sulter

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1991

»  Maud Sulter | Hysteria

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1991

Wrexham, United Kingdom
Official website: Wrexham Library Arts Centre

Rhosddu Road
LL11 1AU
Wrexham
Wales

General information (Tel) : 01978 292093
General information (Fax) : 01978 292611
E-mail : library@wrexham.gov.uk

»  Beach House | Lubaina Himid

Poster relating to an exhibition, 1995

»  Syrcas | Maud Sulter

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1994

»  Syrcas | Maud Sulter

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1994

»  Syrcas | Maud Sulter - catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1994

»  Syrcas | Maud Sulter - Manchester City Art Gallery invite

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1994

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

»  Syrcas | Maud Sulter

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1994

»  Syrcas | Maud Sulter

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1994

»  Syrcas | Maud Sulter - catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1994

»  Syrcas | Maud Sulter - Manchester City Art Gallery invite

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1994

Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
Official website: Aberystwyth Arts Centre

Aberystwyth University
Penglais Campus
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 3DE

Email artstaff@aber.ac.uk

From the website: “Award winning Aberystwyth Arts Centre is Wales’ largest arts centre and recognised as a “national flagship for the arts’. It has a wide-ranging artistic programme, both producing and presenting, across all art forms including drama, dance, music, visual arts, applied arts, film, new media, and community arts and is recognised as a national centre for arts development. We welcome over 650,000 visitors a year, including over 100,000 attendances for performing arts and events featuring local, national and international work, 236,000 for exhibitions and over 100,000 for our unique community arts and education programme.”

»  Syrcas | Maud Sulter

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1994

»  Syrcas | Maud Sulter

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1994

»  Syrcas | Maud Sulter - catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1994

»  Syrcas | Maud Sulter - Manchester City Art Gallery invite

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1994

Swansea, United Kingdom
Official website: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery

»  Syrcas | Maud Sulter

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1994

»  Syrcas | Maud Sulter

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1994

»  Syrcas | Maud Sulter - catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1994

»  Syrcas | Maud Sulter - Manchester City Art Gallery invite

Invite relating to an exhibition, 1994

Leeds, United Kingdom
Official website: Pavilion

7 Saw Mill yard
Round Foundry
Leeds
LS11 7WH
Tel: +44 (0) 113 242 5100
Fax: +44 (0) 113 242 5100
E-mail: admin@pavilion.org.uk

From the website: “Pavilion is a visual arts commissioning agency that collaborates with artists and audiences to make exceptional new works of art, using photography and digital lens based media. Pavilion was formally established in 1983 as a company limited by guarantee with charitable status. Initially, Pavilion was a gallery-based organisation concerned with the promotion and exhibition of photography engaged with critical feminist discourses. Pavilion developed into a women’s only membership enterprise and at this time was renamed Pavilion Women’s Photography Centre. During this period the company was closely aligned with the debates of the women’s movement and was especially proactive in its commitment to black women artists. In 1998, the company revised its charitable objectives, to extend its remit beyond women only and subsequently widen its audiences. It was at this time that the company reverted to being simply ‘Pavilion’.”