Joy Gregory, The Sweetest Thing

29 January – 5 June 2022

Acclaimed contemporary artist Joy Gregory was commissioned by RAMM to create new artwork in response to the themes of In Plain Sight: Transatlantic Slavery and Devon. This exhibition explored aspects of Devon and Exeter’s relationship with the slave trade which remain ‘hidden in plain sight’.

Gregory’s textile piece was acquired for our collections, with support from the Contemporary Art Society and Friends of RAMM.

The Sweetest Thing (The Sweetest Thing) (rammcollections.org.uk)

Detail of The Sweetest Thing by Joy Gregory depicting people loading sugar onto boats
Joy Gregory, The Sweetest Thing, 2022