Opening on 27 February at the City Corporation’s gallery, Jock McFadyen with Jem Finer: Underground (and Surface) brings together the Paisley-born Royal Academician and the founding member of The Pogues, whose songwriting credits include Fiesta, The Sunny Side of the Street, and Fairytale of New York.
Jock McFadyen with Jem Finer: Underground (and Surface) revisits McFadyen’s series Underground, first conceived in the late 1990s and now reimagined for this collaboration with Finer, co-curated by the City Corporation’s Head of Guildhall Art Gallery, Elizabeth Scott.
Transforming the underground city in McFadyen’s paintings into a living, breathing organism, Finer’s field recordings of the Northern line and Central line are mechanical and melodic, punctuated by a range of common, but hard-to-place, urban noises – the creaks, groans, and pips that accompany commuters.
Chairman of the City of London Corporation’s Culture, Heritage, and Libraries, Brendan Barns said, “Jock McFadyen’s consummate skill in presenting epic views of the capital which, at the same time, convey a sense of intimacy, as well as beauty and decay, are sure to engage and impress visitors. Adding Jem Finer’s atmospheric soundscapes from the Tube network to the mix is particularly intriguing, and it will undoubtedly make for a very memorable experience.”
Following the success of a flexible ‘pay what you can’ admission charge for three of the gallery’s previous exhibitions, it will be applicable for Jock McFadyen with Jem Finer: Underground (and Surface).
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