FEATURED VIDEOMaster Works/Recent Works, 2008
Gallery Talk: Insight into Donald Locke’s sculptures, drawings, and ceramics at Skoto Gallery, Chelsea, NY
by Donald Locke
Available here for purchase through the Skoto Gallery.
THE WORK OF DONALD LOCKEPublications & Media
New World
January 18, 1965, “Portrait of an Artist” by Nancy Graham
Ceramic Review
January-February 1974, No. 25, “Four Studio Potters” by Julian Treuherz
Westindian World
Friday, February 21st to Thursday, February 27th, 1975, “An ‘Intensely Guyanese’ Sculptor” by M. Wallace
Express & News
August 1, 1975, “An Air of Exploration” by Linda Talbot
Arts Review
London, April 14, 1978, “Amalgam Review” by Guy Burn
Panorama Magazine
Milan, Italy, May 30, 1978, “Donald Locke Galleria Lorenzelli” by Luigi Carluccio
N.p.
July 28, 1972, “Locke’s work on show in London”
The Citizen
August 16, 1978, “Donald Locke Spruces up his Sculpture”
State Press
October 10, 1980, “Artist Derives Life from Desert” by Michel DeMarsche
Scottsdale Daily Progress
October, 17, 1980, “Guyanese Sculptor looks to Arizona for his Ideas” by Kelly Walton
ARTSPACE: Southwestern Contemporary Arts Quarterly
Spring 1980, “Donald Locke” by Clarabel Cone and Barbara Cortright
New Art Examiner
February 1982, “Art Press Review” by Mark Michael Leonhart
Scottsdale Daily Progress
March 18, 1983, “Sculptors Debate: What’s Art?” by Kathryn Coe
Phoenix Exposure
April 1983, “Perception” by Kimberly Grant Moody
Arizona Republic
June 26, 1983, “Hardball: Sculptor’s Intellectual Demands Teamed up with Aesthetic Drive” by E.J. Montini
Scottsdale Daily Progress
December 28, 1983, “All about Art” by Kelly Walton
Arizona Business Gazette
February 27, 1984, “Blatant, Comical Mix it up at Alwun House” by Mark Barrack
Arizona Living
July 1985, “Artistic Visions” by Mark Alan Barrack
ARTSPACE: Southwestern Contemporary Arts Quarterly
Summer 1986, “Phoenix Letter” by Joseph Young and Barbara Cortright
The Signal
1987 (cover shot and review), “Donald Locke: Continuing the Dialogue” by David Chorlton
Arizona Republic
January 8, 1988, “Sculptor Extends his Influence through Pen and Classroom: Multitalented Artist Exhibits Bronzes in Tempe” by Susi Lerma
Phoenix Gazette
June 25, 1988, “Show gives Black Artists Exposure” by Lynn Pyne
New Times
March 22-28, 1989, advertisement for “Art Detour” exhibition
Smithsonian Institution’s American Visions
October 1989, “The Multifaceted Donald Locke” by Vicky Hay
The Other Story
1989, exhibition catalogue, “Recovering Cultural Metaphors” by Rasheed Araeen
Marxist Monthly
1989, “The Other Story Afro-Asian Artists in Post-War Britain” by Corinna Lotz
Contemporary Forum Newsletter
Spring 1989, “Artists among Us” by Donald Locke
Evening Standard
January 4, 1990, “Black Pride and Prejudice” by Brian Sewell
Phoenix Magazine
January 1990, “The Color of Money” by Lori K. Baker
Art Monthly
February 1990, “The Other Story” by Petrine Archer-Straw
The Phoenix Gazette
n.d., “Modern Sculpture? Tempe has Array” by Lynn Pyne
The Afro Caribbean Post
n.d., “Donald Locke” by Joan Mooney
Phoenix Gazette
n.d., “‘Artists’ Exhibition a Treat for Arizona” by Lynn Pyne
N.p.
n.d., “Whatever else you see it as, this is art” by Barbara Denny
N.p.
n.d., “Locke on show at London Art Centre” by Barbara Wright
Black Enterprise
June 1992, “Absolut Locke”, Heritage Series advertisement
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
August 28, 1992, “Building a Creative Atmosphere” by Catherine Fox
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
October 14, 1994, “Donald Locke’s Best Works Come in Small Packages” by Catherine Fox
The Dictionary of Art
#13, edited by Jane Turner, MacMillan Publishers, 1996
Peachtree: The Magazine of Southern Style
July 1996, “Unveiling of An American Renaissance: The Cultural transformation of the New South told through the works of 13 emerging, national artists” by Dr. Maria Lluisa Borras, The Lowe Gallery
Oxford Dictionary of 20th Century Art
by Ian Chilvers, 1998
Studio Pottery: Twentieth Century British Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum Collection
edited by Oliver Watson, 1999
Creative Loafing
February 1999, “Cultural Hybrid: Donald Locke Exhibit a Visual Autobiography” by Cathy Byrd
British Studio Ceramics
2002, by Paul Rice
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
July 2002, “The National Black Arts Festival Kicks off Today- Fest’s Best” by Catherine Fox
Creative Loafing
July 10-July 16, 2002, “Amulets and Omens” by Felicia Feaster
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
July 19, 2002, “Getting to Know Joe Potaro” by Catherine Fox
Art Papers Magazine
November/December 2002, “Atlanta Review” by Richard Gess
The 9th Annual Masters Series, Donald Locke: The Road to El Dorado, Twelve Years in Atlanta
exhibition catalogue. Essay: Donald Locke: The Journey of Joe Potaro by Carl E Hazlewood, February 2003
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
February 21, 2003, “The Power of Locke” by Catherine Fox
Sculpture Magazine
April 2003 “Donald Locke, Solomon Projects” by Amre Klimchak
Home Improvement Magazine
November 2003, “Portraying Atlanta’s Artists: Atlanta’s Art Scene Overflows with Talent” by Karen Warren
Talking Furniture Design: The Language of Contemporary Southeastern Artisans
exhibition catalogue, Museum of Design Atlanta, March 2004
Bending the Grid: Modernity, Identity and the Vernacular in the work of Donald Locke
exhibition catalogue. Essay by Curator, Carl E Hazlewood, April 2004. Available at the Thomas J. Watson Library, The Met, NYC, and the Stuart A. Rose Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
New Jersey, Star-Ledger
Sunday, April 25, 2004, “Guyanese Casts off Colonial Shadow” by Dan Bischoff
The New York Times
New NJ Edition, Sunday, May 30, 2004, “Picasso, Guyanese Jungles And A Robust Hybrid Art” by Benjamin Genocchio
The New York Times
Weekend Fine Arts Section, Friday, June 25, 2004, “Bending the Grid: Modernity, Identity and the Vernacular in the Work of Donald Locke” by Holland Cotter
ArtNet.Com Magazine Review
June 6, 2004, “African Mirror” by Miriam Brumer
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
September 26, 2004, “The Creative Process Demystified” by Catherine Fox
Back to Black, Art, Cinema and the Racial Imaginary
exhibition catalogue, June 2005, published by the Whitechapel Art Gallery and the New Art Gallery Walsall, with essays by Richard J. Powell, David A. Bailey, Petrine Archer-Straw
Art Review Magazine
London, June 2005, “Back to Black Supplement”, essay by Richard J. Powell
Tubman News
October/November/December 2005, “Recent Acquisitions” by The Tubman African American Museum
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
August 20, 2006, “Mini Retrospectives Track Four Artists’ Evolution” by Jerry Cullum
Art News
Wolverhampton, February 19, 2010, “First UK Solo Exhibition Since the 1970s by Donald Locke” by Conte
Out of Anarchy: Five decades of ceramics and hybrid sculptures
exhibit catalogue, 2011, published by Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ, by Donald Locke. Physical copies available at the Thomas J Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, and the Stuart A. Rose Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
The Art Section
August 2014, “Art Against the Wall” by Deanna Sirlin
Artist and Empire
exhibition catalogue, 2015, “Out of Empire” by Carole Jacobi
Un|Fixed Homeland
exhibition catalogue, July 23-September 23, 2016, Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art
New York Times
May 20, 2016, “Donald Locke, The Plantation Series: Paintings and Sculptures From the 1970s” by Holland Cotter
National Gallery Cayman
June 7, 2017, “TILTING AXIS Tiffany Boyle” presented by Tiffany Boyle
Caribbean Life News
November 24, 2017, “Guyanese Artists Explore Migration, Culture in Harlem Exhibition” by Tangerine Clarke
Afterall
September 30, 2018, “Retelling ‘The Other Story’ – Or What Now” by Lucy Steeds
Art UK
December 14, 2020, “Postcolonial art: eight artists addressing empire, colonial histories and black identities,” by Chloe Austin
Association for Art History 2021 Annual Conference
April, 2021, The Plantation Complex Panel, “Donald Locke: The Plantation Series,” by Giulia Smith, and “Volumetric Space and Donald Locke: Artist attempts to understand context,” by Tiffany C. Boyle
The Guardian
November 29, 2021, “Curator of Tate Caribbean-British exhibition says UK museums must face up to past” by Nadia Khomami
The Guardian
November 29, 2021, “Life Between Islands review: displaying the power and passion of Caribbean-British Art” by Nadia Khomami
The Art Newspaper
November 30, 2021, “As interest in artists of Caribbean heritage frows, Tate Britain show aims to create ‘landmark’ moment” by Anna Brady
Tate Britain
Exhibit Announcement, December 1, 2021, “Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s-Now”
Tate Britain
Exhibit Guide, “Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s-Now”
Tate Britain
Exhibit Trailer, December 14, 2021, “Life Between Islands | Trailer | Tate”
London on the Inside
December 1, 2021, “Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s – NOW” by Christina
The Guardian
December 5, 2021, “Life Between Islands review – a mind-altering portrait of British Caribbean life through art” by Laura Cumming
FAD Magazine
December 7, 2021, “‘Life Between Islands’: Caribbean-British Art 1950s – Now at Tate Britain” by Lee Sharrock
Jenkins Johnson Gallery: FOG Art + Design
Announcement; Donald Locke’s Press Packet; Jenkins Johnson Gallery presented Donald Locke at FOG Design + Art, January 19-23, 2022, Fort Mason Center, San Fransisco, CA
Independent
March 11, 2022, “New exhibition explored black artists’ cultural influence in Scotland” by Katharine Hay
The Guardian
March 21, 2022, “‘A roaring carnival of humanity’: Hew Locke: The Procession review” by Adrian Searle
Tate Britain
Exhibition Announcement, March 22, 2022, “Tate Britain Commission, Hew Locke: The Procession”
Tate Britain
Video, May 3, 2022, “Hew Locke- Let’s make something positive’ | Tate”
The New York Times
December 31, 2022, “36 Hours in London” by Desiree Ibekwe; Print Version here
The Art Newspaper
February 16, 2023, “Women artists will gain space at Tate Britain as museum rehangs collection,” by Gareth Harris
Guyana SPEAKS
September 29, 2023, “Beyond the Black Box,” Presentation by Dr. Guilia Smith; Note: Donald Locke WAS NOT colorblind.
University of Edinburgh Art Collection
2023, “New Acquisitions, 2023.”
n.d., “Donald Locke: An Appreciation,” by Deanna Sirlin
This is Atlanta with Alicia Steele
n.d., “Donald Locke, Artist” by PBA30 Atlanta’s PBA Station