Eco Cataclysm

Aubrey Williams (1926 - 1990)

Acrylic on paper

1989

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    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Downing Street
  • About the artist
    Aubrey Williams left Guyana at the height of the Independence Movement in 1952, and moved to the UK. Following his first exhibition in London in 1954, he became an increasingly significant figure in the post-war British avant-garde art scene. In 1966, he came together with a group of London-based Caribbean artists and intellectuals to found the Caribbean Artists Movement (CAM), which served as a dynamic hub of cultural activity until its dissolution in 1972. From 1970 onwards, Williams worked in studios in Jamaica and Florida, as well as the UK, and it was during this period that he produced his best-known works. Williams’ work was included in Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s–Now at Tate Britain (2021–22) and in the recent rehang of Tate Britain's collection, a room has been dedicated to his work, Aubrey Williams: Cosmological Abstractions, 1973–85.
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    Artist
    Aubrey Williams (1926 - 1990)
    Title
    Eco Cataclysm
    Date
    1989
    Medium
    Acrylic on paper
    Dimensions
    height: 69cm; width: 82cm; depth: 2.5cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from October Gallery, September 2023
    Provenance
    October Gallery, London UK; from whom purchased by UK Government Art Collection, 11 September 2023
    GAC number
    19196