Discovering the SOAS Object and Artwork Collections

11 Apr-22 Jun 2024

Manel wù Saoussen, 2008, Photograph mounted on acrylic and aluminium. Credit: Courtesy of the Brunei Gallery, SOAS

Overview

Displayed in a rotating exhibition are artworks from the SOAS Object and Artwork Collection, which is made up of over 500 artworks and objects from Africa, Asia and the Middle East dating from the 12th Century to the present day. This includes works of European views of these regions and the fusion of techniques.

The Collection is wide ranging in material, production and artistic processes and concepts including archaeological material through to works that have been made by high profile contemporary artists, such as Raymond Fung and Bruce Onobrakpeya.

Artists