This summer, artist Oscar Murillo will transform the Turbine Hall into an enormous painting garden. Oscar invites everyone to take part 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.
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.
This activity involves messy materials – please wear suitable clothing.
Photo by Tim Bowditch and Reinis Lismanis, courtesy the artist. Copyright © Oscar Murillo.
Photo by Tim Bowditch and Reinis Lismanis, courtesy the artist. Copyright © Oscar Murillo.
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