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Donald Locke: Resistant Forms
10 April 2026 to 30 August 2026
On NowFirst comprehensive UK survey of Guyanese-British artist Donald Locke — 80+ works across ceramics, sculpture, painting and assemblage spanning five decades.
From Camden Art Centre
Explore the expansive resonances of a body of work – produced through a life-long commitment to experimentation. London's first comprehensive survey of Guyanese-British ceramicist, painter and sculptor Donald Locke. A post-war artist of the Windrush Generation, Donald Locke (1930-2010) played a pivotal role in 20th century British sculpture. This exhibition, presenting over 80 works across five decades, offers a long-overdue exploration of the artist, whose significance has gone under-...
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Annabel Downes
Donald Locke: Resistant Forms
"Elsewhere, slender ceramic figures are gathered like pawns on a chessboard, though here they are more crowded, more claustrophobic, not helped by the cages covering their heads. What are we to make of these structures? Devices for trapping fruit-eating pests, or part of a wider system of confinement, of lives hemmed into structures larger than themselves."
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© Camden Art Centre
Donald Locke: Resistant Forms
10 April 2026 to 30 August 2026
On NowFirst comprehensive UK survey of Guyanese-British artist Donald Locke — 80+ works across ceramics, sculpture, painting and assemblage spanning five decades.
From Camden Art Centre
Explore the expansive resonances of a body of work – produced through a life-long commitment to experimentation. London's first comprehensive survey of Guyanese-British ceramicist, painter and sculptor Donald Locke. A post-war artist of the Windrush Generation, Donald Locke (1930-2010) played a pivotal role in 20th century British sculpture. This exhibition, presenting over 80 works across five decades, offers a long-overdue exploration of the artist, whose significance has gone under-...
Read more at Camden Art Centre →Critic Review
TimeOut
Annabel Downes
Donald Locke: Resistant Forms
"Elsewhere, slender ceramic figures are gathered like pawns on a chessboard, though here they are more crowded, more claustrophobic, not helped by the cages covering their heads. What are we to make of these structures? Devices for trapping fruit-eating pests, or part of a wider system of confinement, of lives hemmed into structures larger than themselves."
Read full review →Visit
Camden, London·View on artmap