The October Gallery is an

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in central

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, established in 1979.October GalleryAbout Us
Accessed 22 December 2007. The October Gallery has shown the work of many artists. The gallery has promoted the ''Transvangarde'' movement and also been able to host talks, performances and seminars.

History

The October Gallery was established in 1979. From its beginnings, the October Gallery has promoted the art and artists of the ''Transvangarde'' or trans-cultural

avant-garde The avant-garde (; In 'advance guard' or ' vanguard', literally 'fore-guard') is a person or work that is experimental, radical, or unorthodox with respect to art, culture, or society.John Picchione, The New Avant-garde in Italy: Theoretical ...

. The gallery has exhibited the work of artists from more than 65 different countries, and from regions that include Africa, Asia, Australia, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, India and Oceania. Recent shows have featured work by artists such as

El Anatsui El Anatsui ( h-nah-ch-wee born 1944) is a Ghanaian sculptor active for much of his career in Nigeria. He has drawn particular international attention for his " bottle-top installations". These installations consist of thousands of aluminum piec ...

James Barnor James Barnor HonFRPS (born 6 June 1929) is a Ghanaian photographer who has been based in London since the 1990s. His career spans six decades, and although for much of that period his work was not widely known, it has latterly been discovered b ...

Sokari Douglas Camp Sokari Douglas Camp CBE (born 1958 in Nigeria) is a London-based artist who has had exhibitions all over the world and was the recipient of a bursary from the Henry Moore Foundation. She was honoured as a Commander of the Order of the British Em ...

, Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga, Naomi Gakunga and Alexis Peskine."Coming Up: October Gallery is Showing Alexis Peskine: Power Figures"
''The GlowingColours'', 4 September 2017.

References

External links

October Gallery website

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