Africa Remix for West Sussex Artist

A West Sussex artist is exhibiting on London’s prestigious South Bank as part of the Africa Remix season.

Andrew Walker and pupils from Loughborough Primary School in Lambeth have produced a rage of African-style percussion instruments from recycled products and food packaging. Commissioned by the Royal Festival Hall’s Education Department, the finished products will be exhibited in specially built cabinets set into hoardings outside the Royal Festival Hall on the South bank.

Andrew, who is based in Worthing, West Sussex, is well known for the work his company Rhythm Inc have done in venues as diverse as youth clubs, prisons, schools and museums. He has also worked with BBC Radio 7, Glastonbury Festival and corporate clients like Xerox and Legal and General.

This July, Andrew will be taking part in the Artists & Makers Festival, which takes place in Worthing and Horsham. Full details will be announced soon on the website, www.artistsandmakers.com.

Africa Remix is the largest exhibition of contemporary African art ever seen in Europe. Featuring more than 60 artists, the show includes painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, photography, film and video.

Artists from 25 countries across the continent, from Algeria to Zimbabwe, are represented, as well as African artists now living in Europe and North America. The show includes new work by the outstanding South African photographer David Goldblatt; a spectacular eight metres high 'cloth of gold' made from thousands of bottle tops by Ghanaian El Anatsui; and an assemblage made from found materials by the Nigerian Dilomprizulike, known in Lagos as 'the junk man of Africa'.