- Into The Open Exhibition
The "Into the Open" Exhibition was an exhibition of art by black artists displayed at various venues in the
United Kingdom in1984 .This exhibition was the first major survey by a municipal gallery of contemporary work by
black artists in Britain. It was curated, at the invitation ofSheffield City Arts Department , by two people closely involved with black artists in Britain:Lubiana Himid andPogus Caesar . Their stated aim was to give an indication of the range and richness of art made by contemporaryAfro Caribbean artists.The exhibition toured in the United Kingdom in 1984, appearing at three venues: the
Mappin Art Gallery inSheffield , theCastle Museum inNottingham , and theNewcastle Media Workshops inNewcastle-upon-Tyne . It was organized by theSheffield Arts Department and was subsidised by theArts Council of Great Britain .Artists in the exhibition
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Clement Bedeau
*Sylbert Bolton
*Sonya Boyce
*Pogus Caesar
*Eddie A. Chambers
*Shakka Dedi
*Uzo Egonu
*Lubaina Himid
*Gavin Jantjes
*Claudette Johnson
*Tom Joseph
*Juginder Lamba
*Bill Ming
*Tony Moo - Young
*Ossie Murray
*Houria Niati
*Benjamin Nhlanhla Nsusha
*Pitika P. Ntuli
*Keith Piper
*Richie Riley
*Veronica Ryan
*Jorge Santos External links
* [http://www.untoldlondon.org.uk/archives/TRA29692.html See examples of work by Uzo Egonu plus text of a lecture on his life ]
* [http://www.oomgallery.net/gallery.asp?location=1&c=24741 Pogus Caesar archive photographs of black British artists]
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