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LOCKE, Donald DONALD CUTHBERT LOCKE Donald Cuthbert Locke, 80, of Atlanta, Georgia passed away on Monday, December 6, 2010 peacefully at his home with his wife and children around him. Donald was born in Guyana, South America in 1930, he later went on to study art in London and Edinburgh. During the 1970s, he lived and worked in London. In 1979 Locke was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and he became artist in residence at Arizona State University. He lived with his wife Brenda in Arizona until 1990 when they moved to Georgia, making Atlanta their home. Locke has received international acclaim for his extensive body of work, exhibiting in biennials and solo shows including Sao Paulo, Brazil; Medellin, Colombia; Cuenca, Ecuador; Budapest, Hungary; Faenza, Italy; V&A Museum, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Hayward Gallery, London, UK; Nottingham, UK; Aljira Art Gallery, Newark, NJ; Biennial Atlanta, GA; Master Artist Series, Atlanta, GA; Studio Museum of Harlem, NY. His gallery shows include Nexus, City Gallery East, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA; Tucson Museum of Art, AZ. He is represented by Skoto Gallery in NY and the Stella Jones Art Gallery in New Orleans. His last two years have been incredibly productive, with solo shows in the UK and the US, the production of a new body of works in ceramics, publication of a monograph of Five Decades of mixed media sculptures, and the celebration of his 80th birthday. His extraordinary charisma, passion and generosity touched many people and he will be greatly missed. Donald Locke is survived by his wife of 30 years Brenda Locke, his children, Hew, Jonathan and Corinne, their spouses Indra Khanna, Brenda Locke, and Nigel Rogers, his brother and sister-in-law Aubrey and Joy Locke, his in-laws Ken and Rosemary Marsh, his grandchildren, Brandi, Sarah, Justin, Dakara & Issano and his nieces and nephews Faith, Graham, Abigail, Adeyola, Ayodele, Aleke, Mali, Cressida and Lucy. Services for Donald Locke will be held on Saturday, December 11, 2010 at 11:00am at the Cannon Chapel at Emory University. A. S. Turner & Sons
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Spenroi richards
December 3, 2023
YOU ARE HERE ALWAYS SIR DONALD
Jonquil Alpe
February 20, 2011
You danced so well at Corsham[Bath academy of art] in the 50's....Jonquil Alpe.
December 29, 2010
A giant iroko tree has fallen...may your gentle soul rest in peace.
-Skoto Aghahowa, New York, NY
SPEncer Richards
December 13, 2010
REST IN PEACE SIR DONALD
Tim Gafnea
December 9, 2010
To Donald,
I am so sorry you are gone without me saying goodbye. I loved your passion and spirit so much. I have beautiful memories of you that I will cherish forever. I loved how you would make poetry from the simplest subject - like watching a baseball game and listening to you wax on about the 'fluidity and motion of the batters stance or pitchers movement on the mound'. I remember your curry shrimp and how you never seemed to make enough, at least for me. But what I will treasure the most is you reading at my wedding - a beautiful prose tying baseball to the new love of two young lovers on their wedding day. Luckily, I have it recorded.
Donald, I know I did not see you in the last few years - I thought of you often. Thank you so much for being so tender and giving me such comforting words when my daughter Isabella died - your amazing sculpture that you gave me the day of her life celebration rests against her ashes and every time I looked at them I thought of you.
I am not sure I ever told you how much that meant to me.
Peace my Brother - may your family and Brenda have comfort in the beautiful life you shared with all of us.
Tim Gafnea
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