Donald Locke: Resisting Forms

This major retrospective celebrates the work of Donald Locke, an artist of the Windrush generation, through his powerful ceramics and assemblages. Born in British Guiana, Locke developed a unique artistic practice that fuses African traditions with Western techniques. His black ceramic sculptures, with organic and mysterious forms, evoke fragmented bodies, ritual objects, or archaeological remains. The exhibition also presents his complex assemblages made from found objects, wood, and metal, which testify to his political engagement and his reflection on colonial history. Locke’s works, both beautiful and unsettling, explore themes of resistance, memory, and cultural identity. This exhibition pays tribute to an important artist whose work deserves wider recognition.