The Tate Eats Tap Takeover series returns this Spring, this time with two new brews inspired by the Hilma af Klint & Piet Mondrian ‘Forms of Life’ exhibition (20 April – 3 September 2023).
As part of their ongoing beer collaboration series Tate Eats is delighted to be working with two ground-breaking craft breweries to celebrate the arrival of af Klint and Mondrian, “Forms of Life” at Tate Modern this April. The beer launches will be celebrated at Tate Eats Tap Takeover on Friday 28th April 2023, as part of Tate Lates.
Andrew Downs, Director of Hops and Ops at Tate Eats comments: “We’ve produced great beer in collaborative brewing projects for nearly 20 years. Tate Eats delivers an excellent experience for visitors. The Takeovers work with our mission to champion British craft beer while amplifying that Tate Eats has exciting, innovative beverages at its core. We’ve long been inspired by the fantastic beer Deya and Verdant create.”
TATE X VERDANT BREWING ‘THE FIRST NOTE’ IPA
Piet Mondrian is represented in a beer brewed in collaboration with Verdant, a Cornish brewery.
‘The First Note’ is a 5.2% IPA, a hop-forward, endlessly juicy brew, a style for which Verdant is now world famous.
For this project, the brewery has enlisted the talents of Justin Robertson, a Cornish-born London-based artist. He has explored themes from “Forms of Life” to create a Mondrian-inspired artwork that’s name has inspired the brew.
Justin Robertson explains: “Both Piet Mondrian and Hilma Af Klint are huge influences on my work not only in their use of pattern and colour that is both simultaneously harmonious and revolutionary, but also, in their theoretical exploration of the invisible. Their work is like a fantastical map of an alien landscape in a territory that borders our own but is somehow just out of reach”.
TATE X DEYA BREWING ‘SÉANCE’ PALE ALE
Deya Brewing is the collaborator chosen to represent Hilma af Klint. In conjunction with Andrew Downs from Tate Eats, the team has created “Séance” Pale Ale (4.5%).
Séance is a delicious session-able brew that uses orange zest for delightful citrus freshness. Deya’s Thom Hobson created a special edition label, drawing inspiration from Klint’s spirituality.
As Thom explains, “For this artwork, I wanted to embody Hilma’s approach to spirituality. I’ve rendered our crocodile in a way where it feels like it has been summoned by each bodily component bingo prize of a distant outer worldly shape. It feels like a memory, whether familiar is suddenly unfamiliar.”
Both beers will be available in the restaurant and bar spaces within each Tate gallery and via the Tate Shop, including online and partnering webstores for the duration of the exhibition.
