This summer, artist Oscar Murillo will transform the Turbine Hall into an enormous painting garden. Oscar invites everyone to join him in creating a vibrant work of epic proportions. Pick up a paintbrush and make your mark using wave-like strokes to flood a giant canvas. Once the canvases are flooded with paint they will be displayed on scaffolding in the Turbine Hall.
The flooded garden is inspired by Claude Monet’s paintings of his flower garden in Giverny, France, and builds upon Oscar’s own series of Surge works. For inspiration, works from this series will be on display in the South Tank, featuring expressive oil paint flowing across their surfaces, like water. Like the artist, we’ll be using deep hues of blue, bright yellows and pinks to create this collaborative piece of art.
Oscar often paints over words, etchings, and debris from his studio, covering them with his own marks. We'll do the same, painting over thousands of drawings, marks and words contributed by people of all ages from around the world and local community groups at Tate Modern.
The artist is often thinking about how people and things move around the world. The canvases you’ll see as part of The flooded garden will contain references to current world events.
As part of The flooded garden, performances will flood Tate Modern with music and movement. Every Wednesday at 15.00, the Turbine Hall will be filled with the sounds of Mar, Río y Cordillera, a group from the Valle del Cauca region of Colombia. On Thursday 1 August at 15.00, a group of international performers activate Oscar’s installation in the South Tank.
This activity involves messy materials – please wear suitable clothing.
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UNIQLO Tate Play: Oscar Murillo The flooded garden in partnership with UNIQLO. With additional support from Daler-Rowney through the supply of paint.
