Roots in the Sky: BSL Gallery Tour with Martin Glover (No Spoken English)

About the Exhibition:

Taking Adeniyi-Jones’s own practice as a point of departure - rich with West African heritage, fable, and ceremonial symbolism - the exhibition explores the cultural pluralism and layered identities that define the Black diaspora. Painting, sculpture, and drawing are employed in equal measure, with figuration and abstraction operating as shared visual languages to explore themes of mythology, community, lineage, and transformation.

The works on view are informed by both personal narrative and collective memory. As novelist Bernardine Evaristo writes, “We consist of multiples… descended as we are in Britain from fifty-four African countries and over thirty Caribbean countries… I believe in pluralism versus essentialism, always and all ways.” This ethos underpins Roots in the Sky, inviting artists to reflect on travel, hybridity, and the diasporic experience as a source of both creative expression and cultural logic.

What to Expect from the BSL Tour:

Martin will guide you to create connections, explore your own interpretation of the work, and challenge perceptions through engaging conversation.

Attendees are welcome to join Martin after the tour for an informal discussion in the café-bar.