JMW Turner with Lamin Fofana: Dark Waters

Joseph Mallord William Turner, A Rocky Shore, with Men Attempting to Rescue a Storm-Tossed Boat,

1792–3, Tate.

JMW Turner with Lamin Fofana: Dark Waters offers visitors an opportunity to take a new look at the 19th century artist’s work within an immersive sound environment created by artist and musician, Lamin Fofana.

Although creating work centuries apart, both artists convey the power and politics of the ocean and explore its relationship to capitalism and colonialism. Turner’s paintings focus on the dangers of the waters around the British coast and Fofana’s sound work looks across the Atlantic.The exhibition features some of Turner’s most celebrated seascapes alongside his sketchbooks and works on paper.

Lamin Fofana translates the writing of pioneering black authors into sound. Fofana’s work explores questions of movement, migration, alienation and belonging.