A talk with Raimi Gbadamosi, curator of 'What's Going On?' exhibition at the Usher Gallery and Kimathi Donkor one of the featured artists of the show on 22 November 2013.
Professor Raimi Gbadamosi is the second guest artist/curator to create a new hang of Lincolnshire's permanent collections in The Usher Gallery. By working with guest curators to change the displays on a regular basis we aim, in addition to bringing out rarely seen works, to encourage and challenge visitors to see and think about the collections in new ways. Raimi Gbadamosi's selection of works from Lincolnshire County Council’s collections is complemented by loans from other collections and from contemporary artists including works by Kimathi Donkor.
Raimi Gbadamosi is an artist, currently based in South Africa, whose work questions the origins of racial and cultural identity; he brings his own perspective to Lincolnshire’s distinctive collections.
In his paintings Kimathi Donkor explores political and social narratives about race, power and colonialism through the use of conventions in traditional western art.
What's Going On? Gallery tour with curator Raimi Gbadamosi will start at 11 am
The conversation by Raimi Gbadamosi and Kimathi Donkor will follow the schedule below:
1.30 Refreshments
2.00 Introduction- Maggie Warren
2.05 Short presentations by Kimathi Donkor and Professor Raimi Gabadamosi about their respective practices
2.35 Conversation –Raimi Gbadamosi and Kimathi Donkor
3.10 Questions from the floor
Finish 3.40
ADMISSION FREE
Please e-mail
thecollection@lincolnshire.gov.uk or phone 01522 550965, The Collection reception to book places for the events, PLACES ARE LIMITED.
