REFLECTIONS - A group show by Olumide Gallery at the Groucho Club
New exhibition exploring Black British, Afro-Caribbean art through inspiring sculptures, and paintings from the UK’s and Africa’s most pioneering talent
Olumide Gallery’s live exhibition will show on Monday 06 th November from 18:00 – 21:00 at the Groucho club.
The exhibition is a contemplation on Black History Month with some of the UK’s most innovative artists, including the internationally renowned Sokari Douglas Camp CBE, Sovereign Middle East and African Art award winning Hassan Hajjaj, the inimitable hyper realist Olumide Oresegun and London born Cederic Christie; exploring African Modern and Contemporary art from the Islands to the United Kingdom, Africa and beyond. The thought-provoking series includes paintings as well as Sculpture in an impactful, beautiful and enlightening display supported by The Groucho Club.
Curator Eunice Olumide said: “Globally for the first time we are seeing the Western canon shift to an appreciation of African, Caribbean and Black art which is long overdue. The reality is this is all of our shared collective history as one humanity. This is a very special one off a kind opportunity to celebrate and acquire some truly exquisite unique work”
The display includes some previously unseen works by Hassan Hajji and the one of a kind work Tiring 2014 by Olumide Oresegun.
Additional artist highlights include:
Douglas Camp first exhibited in 1985 and based in London’s Elephant and Castle. She has had more than forty solo shows worldwide and in 2005, was awarded a CBE in recognition of her services to art. Her work is in the permanent collections of the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA; Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan; and the British Museum, London, UK. In 2012, her large sculpture, All the World is Now Richer, a memorial to commemorate the abolition of slavery, was exhibited in The House of Commons and then in 2014 at St Paul’s Cathedral, London.
Olumide Oresegun is a Nigerian Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1981 in Lagos. His career has spanned thirteen years with a selection of high profile shows in Europe, the USA and the United Kingdom. A powerful hyperrealist working with oil on canvas.
Hassan Hajjaj (Moroccan, b.1961) was born in Larache, Morocco, and immigrated to London at an early age. Heavily influenced by the club, hip-hop, and reggae scenes of the city, as well as by his North African heritage, Hajjaj is a self-taught, versatile artist whose work includes portraiture, installation, performance, fashion, and interior design, including furniture made from recycled objects, such as Coca-Cola crates and aluminum cans. His work is currently part of Christies 1:54 Exhibition and he was previously shortlisted for the Victoria & Albert Museum’s Jameel Prize for Islamic Art.
Cedric Christie is a British Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1962.
Exhibition Dates Monday 6 November 2023
Visiting Address The Groucho Club 45 Dean Street W1D4QB
For more information visit www.olumidegallerylondon.com/news