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Exhibitions currently running:
Transvangarde Illuminations - Transvangarde Illuminations will show works that focus on the transcendental. The exhibition will include Kenji Yoshida, the first living artist to be given a solo show in 1993 at the British Museum’s Japanese Galleries. Yoshida’s marvellous works can be construed as momentary apperceptions of reality, unique intuitions made manifest by the power of the artist’s vision. His signature gold and silver-foil canvases of serene beauty will be exhibited alongside Chinese artist Huang Xu, who will show new works from his magnificent Flower series. Xu’s vast C-prints capture the aesthetic of the sublime, whileyoung Nepalese artist Govinda Sah ‘Azad’s works suggest an infinite universe, the invisible space portrayed by the cloud. Sah investigates dark matter by depicting a transcriptional burst or pulse that fires or quenches life while artists Ira Cohen’s famousMylar images and Gandalf Gavan’s anamorphic mirrors reflect alternative realities, playfully illuminating perceptions of self, of others and of a world of light. Until 4 February.
Laila Shawa: The Other Side of Paradise - Solo exhibition of new mixed media works from acclaimed Palestinian artist. The intense canvases and sculptures depict the current chaos in Gaza. Many works explore the controversial subject of the female suicide bomber. From 9 February until 31 March.
October Gallery
24 Old Gloucester Street,
Bloomsbury, London WC1N
Telephone: 020 7242 7367
Opening hours:
12:30 to 17:30 from Tuesday to Saturday
www.octobergallery.co.uk
