InFocus Poster
| Series name | InFocus Exhibitions |
| Description | This A4 beige, brown and white poster is for Horizon Gallery’s series of exhibitions which were held under the ‘InFocus’ umbrella. The poster details the sixteen participating artists: Bhajan Hunjan, Chila Kumari Burman, Shanti Thomas, Jagjit Chuhan, Mumtaj Karimjee, Zarina Bhimji, Nudrat Afza, Pradipta Das, Mali, Shafique Uddin, Sohail, Shareena Hill, Suresh Vedak, Amal Ghosh, Prafulla, Mohanti, and Ibrahim Wagh. Four exhibitions were held between January and April, 1990 at the Horizon Gallery, London. |
| Date of Creation / Publication | 1990 |
| Creator | Horizon Gallery |
| Associated Person/ Organisation | Tambimuttu, Meary James Thurairajah |
| Location | London |
| Collection and Reference Number | Horizon Gallery Collection (GB 2661 HG) |
| Catalogue Number | HG/EXH/INF/1 |
| Copyright | The Creator and/ or associated person or organisation where applicable |
| Access to originals | The originals are located at the Panchayat Archive, University of Westminster and with Amal Ghosh. |
| Series notes | In 1990, Horizon Gallery organised a series of four exhibitions entitled InFocus. The programme exhibited the art work of sixteen south Asian British artists at the Horizon Gallery's premises from 24 January to 28 March 1990. The artists hailed from diverse south Asian backgrounds with differing political and social views. In line with Horizon's artistic policy, the 'InFocus' programme endeavoured to focus on women artists, and second-generation Asian artists. Shortly after these group exhibitions, funding was withdrawn by the Greater London Authority and the London Borough Grants Scheme, on the basis of weak management and poor performance at the Horizon Gallery, even though the gallery was still mounting exhibitions and generating an increasing public interest. In 1991, Horizon Gallery launched a documentary catalogue, which for the first time, brought together a comprehensive account of the sixteen artists who participated in the exhibitions as well as a further ten,who contributed to the catatalogue. The documentary catalogue recorded the artistic achievements of all twenty-six artists. Complementing this launch, Horizon Gallery remounted the 'InFocus' exhibition, naming it 'InFocus Restated'. In this grouping, we have digitised several informative items relating to the InFocus series of exhibitions. |
| Collection notes | The Horizon Gallery Collection consists of a wide range of digitised material including exhibition invitations, artist information cards, press releases, and exhibition catalogues. |
