with many artists exhibited including Francoise Dupre, Julie Umerle, Roxanne Permer and Shanti Thomas. 1985 By 1985 the membership had increased to nearly 100. By 1986 it had increased to nearly 200 and nearly 1000 artists had shown work in the gallery. In June 1985 Stefan Szczelkun initiated "Roadworks", which was "ten artists working in public for ten days, documenting the work back in the gallery on a daily basis" (Szczelkun, 1987, p. 9). One of the artists in Roadworks was Mona Hatoum, another was Rasheed Araeen. Both of these, now eminent figures in the art world, had other shows at BAG. 1986 Whole émigré communities had shows, including the South African artist community's show in January 1986: Hazel Carey, one of the forces behind the cultural event, expresses amazement at the "magnetic" effect that the Exhibition /performances seemed to have on visitors. "The sound of music - of things happening - drew children and shoppers off the street". Exhibitions involving immigrant faces challenged the demand that assimilation meant fitting into English mores or accepting ghettoisation: 'Bigos, artists of Polish origin' group and Casa de la Cultura Latino Americana Comite Cultural Chileno, to name but two. And the Campaign Against Apartheid featured prominently through many exhibitions and included exiled South African artists and the Azanian Group and Creation for Liberation. The South African community had few of the boundaries between art forms that exist in the British contemporary culture. The art show included music, dancing and food - their culture was still integrated with life and this made a strong impression on all those who became involved. Craft and medium were highlighted in provocative ways, whether the provocative automata of Jan Zalud, Christina Berry's leather cats or Richard Royale's gay-themed banners. Ceramics exhibitors included such diverse names as Kate Mellors, Sarah Radstone, Julian Stair and Pamela Mei Yee Leung many of whom were Lambeth-based and encouraged to exhibit by sculptor Keith King. Painters were diverse from Uzo Egonu and Shati Thomas, to Tony Mo Young and Derek Stockley. Teri Bullen arranged the Soweto Sisters′ Patchwork of Our Lives show in May 1986; she raised funding for all the women members of the collective to come over from Africa to attend the opening in person. 1987 In 1987 the Gallery closed down due to pressure from the landlord British Rail to put up the rent, the demise of the Greater London