An online conversation between artist Jimmy Robert and curator Mason Leaver-Yap as
part of the exhibition 'Tobacco Flower' at the Hunterian Art Gallery.
Mason Leaver-Yap
Mason Leaver-Yap is based in Glasgow/Berlin and works with artists to produce texts, exhibitions, and events.
Jimmy Robert
Jimmy Robert’s multidisciplinary practice encompasses performance, photography and film. His work often explores the politics of spectatorship, reworking canonical and avant-garde performances and hereby challenging their racial and gendered readings.
Robert lives and works in Berlin.
About the exhibition
The exhibition 'Tobacco Flower' is a major installation of new work by artist Jimmy Robert, which focuses in particular on relationships between Europe and the Caribbean. At a time in which Britain’s relationship with Europe is highly uncertain, and its historical culpability as a colonial power is keenly debated, this subject matter is both urgent and contentious.
Robert handles such contested material through subtle means and with careful attention to difference and specificity. The work is as concerned with intimate experience as it is with political contexts. Working across several mediums, including film and performance, Robert engages directly with The Hunterian and its historical collections in order to examine the cultural framing of identities and desires.
Exhibition site
The Hunterian Art Gallery
82 Hillhead Street University of Glasgow
Glasgow G12 8QQ
Opening hours
The Hunterian Museum is open at weekends (Fri-Sun, 11am-5pm).
Tickets for the online conversation are available for free via Eventbrite.
Supported by Glasgow International and Goethe-Institut.
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