The Curve at The Barbican can be an intimidating space for an exhibition but It Will End In Tears by Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum worked well as you followed the narrative elements.
Walking through felt like witnessing a 1940s film noir plot. We are though given the freedom to interpret the story in a variety of ways, coming to any range of conclusions. The essential element of a woman trapped in domestic boredom and how she sets about changing her circumstances.
Painting in thin layers and a restricted palette on plywood gives a particular atmosphere to the “story”.
An encounter with a stranger in a public place with the silhouette between them reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock (who famously figured in the background of all his films)
Policewomen in discussion;
the lovers in bed;
then a body discovered
The court room scene within a set
and the final painting. I can think of at least four different endings – what do you think happens at the end?
