Join us for this intimate performance in the gallery by interdisciplinary and movement artist Soweto Kinch as he responds to the work of Robert Ryman.
Robert Ryman’s approach to painting was shaped by his early love of jazz. After moving to New York to pursue a career as a saxophonist, he became a painter, but continued to listen to music as he worked. He saw painting as a form of improvisation, with each brushstroke building on the last like successive notes in jazz.
Award-winning saxophonist and MC Soweto Kinch works across jazz and hip hop. A two-time MOBO Award winner and Mercury Prize nominee, his music draws on themes including slavery, emancipation and the Seven Deadly Sins. His latest album, The Black Peril, brings together ragtime, proto-jazz, West Indian folk music and classical works by Black composers from the 1920s. He also presents BBC Radio 3’s flagship daily jazz show.
Produced by the Barbican in Association with Serious
Musical performance, followed by exclusive exhibition viewing
Total duration: 1 hour and 45 minutes, no interval
This exhibition is generously supported by Lead Supporter Kenneth C. Griffin & Griffin Catalyst. Additional support from the Panoptès Collection.
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Art Gallery
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