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IN FINE STYLE : THE DANCEHALL ART OF WILFRED LIMONIOUS

24 Mar-3 Apr 2016

South London Gallery
London SE5 8UH

Overview

The exhibition includes reproductions of Limonious’ newspaper comic strips, illustrations for the Jamaican Movement for the Advancement of literacy (JAMAL), and his distinctive artwork for the burgeoning dancehall scene coming out of 1980s Jamaica. Itcelebrates a true Jamaican folk artist; a humble man who produced vibrant, hilarious and often outrageous art, but behind the pen was a quiet loner who simply loved to draw.