Reviews
‘Ravishing reminders of what we all stand to lose ‘
‘...one of the outstanding works of 2017‘
Ben Luke,
The Art Newspaper
‘Haunting - shining a light on the fraught relationship humans have with our environment‘
Discover
Barbican Meets: John Akomfrah
We meet British artist John Akomfrah to talk art, climate change and how he drew inspiration from his own life for his new commission in The Curve, Purple.
In Conversation: John Akomfrah and Anthony Downey
Listen again as British artist John Akomfrah discusses his video installation Purple with academic, editor and writer, Anthony Downey
Watch: Young Reviewer on John Akomfrah's Purple
Our Young Reviewer Leon explores John Akomfrah's latest work, 'Purple', a six-channel video installation that combines archival footage with newly shot film.
Touring
Purple exhibition toured to:
- Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid 20 Feb-25 March 2018
- Bildmuseet, Umeå 13 April–16 September 2018
- Museu Coleção Berardo 8 November 2018–10 March 2019
- The Institute of Contemporary Art/ Boston 26 May- 2 Sept 2019
- Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow 15 June-1 December 2019