Cola

Wi live inna a dazzling kaleidoscope a shades an hues. Color is key to helping wi mek sense a di world, used to communicate by wildlife, plants an people alike. Color a more dan jus someting we see – a someting we feel an sometimes even smell. It have di power fi symbolize who wi is an weh wi believe, an it deh a di heart a some a wi most enduring traditions.

Dis exhibition bring tugeda ova 150 objects weh span art, science, nature an cultural histories. It explore a spectacular world a color – how we see it, how it mek, how it use an how meaning can become attached to it. Artworks by Hokusai, Kandinsky, Bridget Riley an Andy Warhol deh pan display alongside examples a exquisitely crafted decorative ceramics. A diamante-studded Trinidadian carnival costume an Victorian mourning dress illustrate how color can imbue clothing wid cultural significance, while examples a pre-historic gold jewellery show di value a color across millennia.

A family-friendly exhibition packed wid vibrant objects, interactive displays an thought-provoking exhibits, dis a one chance fi si color inna all it glory – come an be surprised by di spectrum a possibilities!

Color a been curated by Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery in partnership wid Sheffield Museums; Tullie House, Carlisle; Gosport Museum & Art Gallery, Hampshire; an Bristol Museum an Art Gallery, fi di Museums an Galleries Network fi Exhibition Touring (MAGNET), wid Art Fund support an supported using public funding by di National Lottery through Arts Council England.

Dis exhibition mek possible by di provision a Government Indemnity. RAMM woulda like fi tank HM Government fi provide Government Indemnity an di Department fi Culture, Media & Sport an Arts Council England fi arrange di indemnity.