OOM Gallery

OOM Gallery is located in Birmingham, England. It houses the extensive archives of multimedia artist Pogus Caesar. As a contemporary venue OOM Gallery displays photography, photomontages, films and has regular online exhibitions.

For the past 20 years Pogus Caesar has worked as a producer and director of British television programmes, broadcasters have included Central TV, Carlton TV and BBC TV. During this time he has met and photographed numerous individuals involved in politics, film, music, sport and arts. OOM Gallery Archive currently houses in excess of 16,000 images covering Caesar's work in North and South America, South Africa, Canada, Italy, Spain, India, Albania, Sweden, Denmark, Britain, North Africa and the West Indies.

Recent exhibitions have included Muzik Kinda Sweet, Handsworth Riots - Twenty Summers On, and From Jamaica Row - Rebirth of the Bullring, Vibes. In 2002 Caesar was commissioned by Artangel, London to produce Forward Ever - Backward Never, a film based on the work of Turner prizewinner Steve McQueen.

OOM Gallery Archive images have been used by BBC TV, Carlton TV, Birmingham City Archives, The History Channel, Birmingham Museum Art Gallery, University of Warwick, Birmingham Central Library, Teachers TV, Whats On Magazine, Outside Left Magazine, Sunday Mercury, Doollee.com, Macmillan Publishers, Digital Handsworth, Fused Magazine, Connecting Histories, Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, the Otolith Group, Punch Records and Liverpool University Press

OOM Gallery regularly collaborates with individuals and organisations by developing and producing a diverse range of multimedia projects. In 2006, OOM Gallery in conjunction with Midwest, developed a major conference 'Should Black Art Still Be Beautiful?'. The conference, in honour of the late Donald Rodney, examined the development of contemporary black cultural practice and its future in Britain. Speakers included Dr Kobena Mercer, Bea De Souza, Juginder Lamba, Said Adrus, Don Kinch and Dr Amna Malik. The conference was funded by Arts Council of Great Britain and was held at Walsall Art Gallery, Walsall, West Midlands.

OOM Gallery is a source for public and private collectors, newspapers, magazines, advertising agencies, art galleries, libraries, museums and record labels.

Archives

Archives include:

* Images of the 1985 Handsworth Riots, Birmingham, England
* Images of the 1985 Black Audio Film Collective filming Handsworth Songs in Birmingham, England
* Images of the Bull Ring Shopping Centre redevelopment from 1999 - 2003, Birmingham, England
* Images of Johannesburg / Cape Town, South Africa in 2007
* Images from The Triangle, Gosta Green, Birmingham, England from 1984 - 1989
* Images of black people in Birmingham and the West Midlands, England
* Images of people and places in the West Midlands, England
* Images of people and places throughout the world, including the United Kingdom, India, North and South America, Italy, Spain, Greece, Albania, Sweden and North Africa
* Black musicians who lived, performed or recorded in Birmingham, United Kingdom including Stevie Wonder, Jimmy Cliff Jay-Z, Benjamin Zephaniah, Maxi Priest, Junior Reid and The Wailers
* Julie Christie visiting Birmingham, England in 1991
* The 2005 Birmingham Tornado
* Paul Robeson Jr visits Birmingham, England in 1986
* Desmond Tutu visits Nelson Mandela School in Birmingham, England in 1989
* Rt Hon Michael Manley visits Birmingham, England in 1986
* Images of politicians including Douglas Hurd, Clare Short, Al Sharpton, Dianne Abbott and Paul Robeson Jr
* Images of authors inc: Nick Hornby, Caryl Phillips, Edward Kamau Brathwaite, Terry McMillan
* Images of sports personalities including Dame Kelly Holmes, Jimmy Hill, Nigel Benn, Mark Lewis Francis, Kim Collins, Maurice Green, Marlon Devonish, Colin Jackson, Steve Cram, Denise Lewis and Paula Radcliffe
* Television personalities including Lenny Henry, Dawn French, Craig Charles, Joanna Lumley and Jamie Oliver
* Musicians including Duran Duran, Kanye West, Duran Duran, Lionel Richie, Ronan Keating, Natasha Beningfield, Nelly Furtado, Burning Spear, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Dennis Brown, Gail Ann Dorsey, Gabrielle, Sir Cliff Richard and Jay-Z
* Actors including Gary Oldman, Carmen Munroe, Minnie Driver, Will Smith, Robbie Coltrane, Cathy Tyson, Timothy West, Maureen Lipman and Burt Kwouk
* Visual Artists including Helen Chadwick, Mallica 'Kapo' Reynolds, Gavin Jantjes, Donald Rodney, Sonia Boyce, Eddie Chambers, Lubiana Himid, Juginder Lamba, Santu Mofokeng, Roshini Kempadoo, Guy Tillim, Pieter Hugo, Mustapha Maluka , Lancelot Bryan and David Koloane

DVD films

DVD Films produced by the OOM Gallery include:
* Francesca's Key
* Should Black Art Still Be Beautiful?
* An Eye On X
* Muscleback
* Paper Planes
* Vicer Verser
* Forward Ever - Backward Never
* Korabra The Art of Gavin Jantjes

External links

* [http://www.oomgallery.net OOM Gallery home page]