Requiem

Requiem is a major new site-specific work by Chris Ofili at the Tate Britain. The new mural spans three walls and pays tribute to fellow artist Khadija Saye and remembers the tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire.

Chris Ofili met Khadija Saye in May 2017 when they were both exhibiting work in Venice, just a month before Saye died in the Grenfell Tower fire. Memories of their meeting had a profound impact on Ofili, and the mural is a journey through an imagined landscape of giant skies with vast horizons and flowing water in which Saye is shown at the center of an energy force high up on the middle wall.

Requiem is located above Tate Britain’s north staircase and will remain on view for 10 years.

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