-
Portrait of David Oluwale.
-
Rasheed Araeen, For Oulwale ll, 2019. Photo Jules Lister. Courtesy of The Tetley.
-
Rasheed Araeen, For Oulwale ll, 2019. Photo Jules Lister. Courtesy of The Tetley.
Exhibition
Rasheed Araeen: For Oluwale
16 Feb 2019 – 2 Jun 2019
Regular hours
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 17:00
Cost of entry
FREE
Address
- Hunslet Road
- Leeds
England - LS10 1JQ
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Leeds Bus Station
- Leeds National Rail
About
Rasheed Araeen presents his work For Oluwale II for the first time in Leeds, marking the 50th anniversary of the death of David Oluwale.
The work responds to the death of David Oluwale, a British-Nigerian who drowned in the River Aire in 18th April 1969 after being systematically harassed by members of the Leeds City Police force. Araeen was shocked and deeply moved after reading about Oluwale's death in 1971, and decided to make a piece dedicated to his story, marking a politicized shift in Araeen's practice who was previously creating predominantly abstract artworks.
For Oluwale comprises six photographic panels, that document a previous version of the work. It includes two additional panels that provide further information about Oluwale alongside a letter of complaint from someone who protested against the display of the original version of the work in 1973.
Araeen's work is contextualised by a collection of press clippings, a scrapbook owned by the whistle-blowing police cadet Gary Galvin, and excerpts from plays and poetry relating to the death of David Oluwale made in the intervening years.
The exhibition is organised in partnership with the charity Remember Oluwale, who are hosting a series of events throughout April 2019 to mark the 50th anniversary of his death.
