The Slave’s Lament: Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art, Edinburgh

TY - ADVS

T1 - The Slave’s Lament

T2 - Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art, Edinburgh

A2 - Fagen, Graham

PY - 2021

Y1 - 2021

N2 - The Slave’s Lament was Scottish poet Robert Burns’s (1759-1796) only work to empathise with the appalling hurt of the displaced, the trafficked and the enslaved. A lyric published in 1792, it is a narrative that remains contemporary as we think of current tragedies unfolding on borders and in hinterland locations. With a moving score written by Sally Beamish, performed by the Scottish Ensemble and reggae singer Ghetto Priest, and produced by On-U-Sound founder Adrian Sherwood, Graham Fagen creates a fascinating sound clash, where Burns's poetry finds a haunting bedfellow in Jamaican reggae music – and finds much common ground. Materials: Four-channel colour video installation, with sound, 14 min. 27 sec Object type:Installation Credit line:Gifted by Outset UK 2020 Gallery: Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art

AB - The Slave’s Lament was Scottish poet Robert Burns’s (1759-1796) only work to empathise with the appalling hurt of the displaced, the trafficked and the enslaved. A lyric published in 1792, it is a narrative that remains contemporary as we think of current tragedies unfolding on borders and in hinterland locations. With a moving score written by Sally Beamish, performed by the Scottish Ensemble and reggae singer Ghetto Priest, and produced by On-U-Sound founder Adrian Sherwood, Graham Fagen creates a fascinating sound clash, where Burns's poetry finds a haunting bedfellow in Jamaican reggae music – and finds much common ground. Materials: Four-channel colour video installation, with sound, 14 min. 27 sec Object type:Installation Credit line:Gifted by Outset UK 2020 Gallery: Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art

UR - https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/236922?location%5B36106%5D=36106&location%5B36113%5D=36113&location%5B36064%5D=36064&page=1&search_set_offset=73

UR - https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/art/art-review-new-arrivals-scottish-national-gallery-of-modern-art-3483771

M3 - Exhibition

PB - Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art

CY - Edinburgh, UK

ER -