Maximillian William Gallery, London, England

Maximillian William Gallery, London, presented Exploratory Drawings, an exhibition featuring drawings and photographs from sculptors and filmmakers. Though these artists have been best known for their interventions in space, this exhibition offered a different perspective on their practices by presenting inventive works in the two-dimensional plane. These were not designs or documentation, but autonomous works of art which were inextricably linked to the artists’ better-known pieces through the reiteration of themes across media. 

“Donald Locke’s sculptural ceramics draw from his lived experience, from his childhood in what was then the colony of British Guiana to training as an artist in Britain and ultimately leaving to find new opportunities in America. Likewise, his series of Pork Knocker drawings stem from personal and cultural history, telling the stories of prospectors—among them Locke’s father—on the hunt for diamonds and gold on the alluvial plains of Guyana. While it was a way to make a living in a Guyana emerging into independence, this goldrush was not without its dangers—represented in Locke’s foreboding drawings—and indicative of a wide history of colonialism and its legacy. 

The exhibition was on display until February 26, 2022.