Paint Like the Swallow Sings Calypso

Sat 12 November 2022 - Sun 19 February 2023

Kettle's Yard House and Gallery

Impressions of carnival by Paul Dash, Errol Lloyd & John Lyons in dialogue with works from The Fitzwilliam Museum & Kettle’s Yard

Kettle’s Yard is pleased to present Paint Like the Swallow Sings Calypso, a major new exhibition curated in dialogue with artists Paul Dash (b. 1946, Barbados), Errol Lloyd (b. 1943, Jamaica) and John Lyons (b. 1933, Trinidad), three important first-generation diaspora Caribbean painters that were working in the UK during the same period that the Kettle’s Yard House and collection was still being established.

Alongside a selection of their own works, the artists will bring together the collections of Kettle’s Yard and The Fitzwilliam Museum for the first time, assembling paintings and works on paper that reflect the rich history, themes and forms of Carnival, from street parades with music and dancing, to folklore, flora and fauna.

28 artists whose work span across five centuries will reflect elements from Carnival’s rituals and celebrations, including Jean-Michel Moreau, Albrecht Dürer, Helen Frankenthaler, Avinash Chandra, David Bomberg, Graham Sutherland and Barbara Hepworth.

FREE, come along
Artists in the exhibition

David Bomberg

Brueghel (Pieter, the younger)

Jacques Callot

Giulio Carpioni

Avinash Chandra

Charles Conder

William Congdon

Paul Dash

Francisco Goya

Albrecht Dürer

Helen Frankenthaler

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska

Stanley William Hayter

Barbara Hepworth

David Jones

Nat Leeb

Errol Lloyd

John Lyons

Momper, the younger

Jean-Michel Moreau

Fritz Möser

Ben Nicholson

William Orpen

John Phillip

Pablo Picasso

Ceri Richards

Graham Sutherland

Agostino Veneziano

Cost: FREE, come along