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Yuko Mohri: In Concert

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Yuko Mohri: In Concert Installation view The Curve Thu 1 Oct 2026—Sun 24 Jan 2027 © Thomas Adank / Barbican Centre

Japanese artist Yuko Mohri transforms The Curve with a new site-responsive commission exploring states of flux and acts of repair via light, sound and kinetic sculpture featuring Barbican objects.

Mohri's practice is grounded in DIY aesthetics, surrealist assemblage, experimental music and an enduring fascination with the flow of energy. Her sculptures often combine ordinary objects—from umbrellas to feather dusters, apples to xylophones—with what she terms ‘unstable elements’, including magnetism, humidity, air, water and gravity.

Mohri’s continuously transforming installation will respond to the gallery's atmospheric conditions, and explore ideas of entropy, transience and renewal resonating with the Barbican's current period of renovation.

Tagged with: Art & design

Yuko Mohri has received support from The Obayashi Foundation, Pola Art Foundation, Yukiko Ito, Association for Corporate Support of the Arts, Japan: Arts Fund for Creation of Society and Hiroyuki Maki, with a residency enabled by the Japan House London Trust.


Special thanks to the Barbican Commissioning Council: Anastasia Bukhman/Bukhman Foundation, Stephanie Camu, Aarti Lohia/SP Lohia Foundation, Mark and Dana Strong, Tia Collection and Brian Yue & Claire Bi/Cheng-Lan Foundation.
 

Ticket prices

Free

Opening hours

Mon   Closed
Tue–Sun   11am-7pm
 

24–26 Dec   Closed
New Year's Day   12–8pm

  • ‘It’s the best use of the Curve for years‘
    Eddy Frankel, The Guardian
  • ‘It emerges as the best artistic statement about contemporary London – no, the UK – going: a faulty, disjointed, orchestrated but never really controllable network of things in disrepair‘
    Alexander Leissle, ArtReview

20 Years of the Curve

In 2026 we celebrate 20 years of bold commissioning, where some of the most exciting artists have been able to bring their ideas to life in direct response to this unique space.

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