REVIEW: Hurvin Anderson at Tate Britain
- dandelion

- Jul 5
- 1 min read
Born and brought up in Birmingham, the son of Windrush parents, Hurvin Anderson is familiar with feelings of displacement, of not belonging. His huge canvases are physically as well as emotionally multi-faceted - images are layered one on top of another like a slightly out of sync photo.

When he returned to Jamaica as an adult, this sense of being neither one thing nor another persisted and grew into a more fiercely political consideration of colonialism, slavery and what it means to be Black. So, yes, there are lots of complicated issues to engage teens and parents.
However, this is not just a show for older kids; on the contrary, we reckon younger kids will respond immediately to the glorious colours, the figures, the lushness of the paintings themselves. Downstairs at Tate Britain, everyone is crowded into the, newer, Whistler exhibition at the moment so you also have the luxury of space to let the vibrant images - a municipal swimming pool in Birmingham, a verdant jungle in the Caribbean, a shadowy pair of children in an apple tree (or is it a mango?) - grab you. If you like Peter Doig's work, you will love this. We did!
Hurvin Anderson Tate Britain to 23 August. Tickets: £18 adults, £5 Tate Collective (ages 18–25), £4.37 ages 12–18, U12s free.










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