Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens aims to explore the relationship between the ever-linked crafts of art and music in new exhibition, Paint the Town in Sound.
The event promises to explore the concept of the self-portrait, through the lens of visual art, songwriting, and association with musical subcultures.
It will take a deep dive into the musical and artistic heritage of the surrounding region to examine how these pursuits relate to class, politics, and place.
The exhibition is part of a wider series created in partnership with the Arts Council Collection National Partners Programme, which intends to foster a deeper relationship between disparate regional audiences to modern British art.
Visitors to the exhibition will be able to experience innovations in contemporary art and music whilst investigating the consanguinity between them.
Featured artists include Turner Prize-winning polymath, Helen Cammock, who works with moving image, photography, spoken word, song, poetry, printmaking and installation, and conceptual video and installation artist, Jeremy Deller, who is similarly a Turner Prize-winner and Trustee of the Tate Gallery. Also featured is Anthea Hamilton, who you might remember as the artist behind the extremely popular 2016 Turner Prize exhibit, ‘Project For Door’.
The exhibition is also entirely free to attend, leaving no excuse for the musically and artistically inclined to neglect this unique opportunity.
For further information, head to sunderlandculture.org.uk.
