EXHIBITION: SONGS FROM A LOST WORLD
1st Mar 2025
SONGS FROM A LOST WORLD is an exhibition that unfolds with a subtle, hypnotic calm. Created by minimalist painter Bob Whittaker, the works translate the music of The Cure into precise geometric paintings, each one transcribed directly from musical notation.
Rather than illustrating sound, Whittaker reduces it - notes, rhythm, and structure becoming lines, intervals, and repeating forms. The result is a series of visual scores that guide the eye with a steady, meditative tempo. Repetition and restraint invite prolonged looking, drawing the viewer into a quiet state of focus.
Bob Whittaker is a British minimalist painter whose work translates musical notation into geometric visual systems. Drawing directly from rhythm, pitch, and structure, Whittaker reduces sound to its essential elements and reimagines them as precise, contemplative compositions that operate like silent scores. Music is not illustrated in his work but transcribed - movement becomes line, tempo becomes proportion, and repetition becomes a visual tempo.
Whittaker’s work has been featured in a series of exhibitions throughout 2025 and into 2026. Highlights include participation in SCORES at Ubicua Gallery in London, WILLIAMSON OPEN at Williamson Art Gallery in Wirral, EMERGENCE: Voices from Hope at Zari Gallery in London, and the LIVERPOOL ART FAIR at the Royal Liver Building, all of which presented his explorations of structure and abstraction.
Earlier in 2025 he showed in Breaking Silence at Elevator Gallery, as well as solo shows such as Birdsongs: Painting Charlie Parker at Angel Field Arts Festival and The Shapes of Jazz to Come at the Liverpool International Jazz Festival. Whittaker’s exhibitions invite viewers to slow down and engage with painting as one might engage with music - through listening with the eyes, attending to rhythm, and allowing meaning to unfold over time. bobwhittakerart.com
Location: The Art Space, Cass Art Liverpool
Dates: 23rd February – 1st March 2026
Admission: FREE
This exhibition has step-free access.
