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Transplantation – an exhibition of narrative contemporary jewellery

Bluecoat Display Centre

12th May to 23rd June 2012

 

Curated by Professor Norman Cherry in conjunction with the Hub: National Centre for Craft & Design and the University of Lincoln, this is a touring exhibition of contemporary narrative jewellery. Created by a group of artists based in either Britain or Australia, it explores the sense of place and cultural identity through the theme of Transplantation. Each artist will examine their individual cultural identity as a consequence of their own personal and family experiences.

Jewellery, probably the most exciting of todays applied arts, offers an artform which, inter alia, provides a means of recording memory and experience in a portable and wearable form. Through this medium it is possible to express ideas, thoughts, and concerns, which may not be achievable in other ways. A selected group of twelve contemporary jewellery artists from the UK and Australia have been asked to create up to three pieces of work each, which will articulate the notion of ‘transplantation’ in a tangible form.

UK artists include: Jivan Astfalck-London, Norman Cherry Lincoln, Lin Cheung London, Jack Cunningham Birmingham, Jo Pond Derby, Laura Potter London. Australian artists include: Roseanne Bartley Melbourne, Nicholas Bastin Melbourne, Anna Davern Melbourne, Joung-Mee Do Sydney, Sheridan Kennedy Sydney, Bridie Lander Sydney/Birmingham

Even jewellers whose work is not overtly illustrative often have a story to tell. In some cases participants existing reputations are already built on narrative and metaphor. Others are committed to this project because of personal interests and experiences, as migrants temporary or permanent; as descendants of migrants; or through witnessing schoolfriends leaving for new shores and knowing the sense of loss of those left behind.

For the artists involved, this project has provided a significant opportunity for personal research and development of their professional output, and major international exposure in a country with a developing constituency for the subject.

 

Further information:
  • Open 10.00am – 17.30pm Monday to Saturday; 12.00pm – 5.00pm Sundays.  (This excludes public & bank holidays)
  • Location The Bluecoat,  College Lane Entrance,  Liverpool   L1 3BZ
  • Getting there: Liverpool Lime Street is the main intercity station. It is approximately a 10 minute walk to the gallery. By car  – follow signs for Liverpool City Centre. Parking is available in Q-Park, Hanover St. Or alternatively, Liverpool ONE has three new car parks: Q-Park Strand Street, Q-Park Gradwell Street and Q-Park John Lewis
  • This is a free exhibition
  • Contact 0151 709 4014

http://www.bluecoatdisplaycentre.com/



Turning Leaves

Bluecoat Display Centre

1st September to 27th October 2012

 

A selected group of artists present paper artworks in a range of forms from the delicate to the sculptural. Artists and media to be exhibited include Su Blackwell installations, Angela O’Kelly , Sabrina Meyns Jewllery, Sarah Morpeth’s papercuts, Rebecca Coles sculptural forms, Maxine Greer, Elizabeth Willow, Jill Flower and Jennifer Collier.

 

Further information:
  • Open 10.00am – 17.30pm Monday to Saturday; 12.00pm – 5.00pm Sundays.  (This excludes public & bank holidays)
  • Location The Bluecoat,  College Lane Entrance,  Liverpool   L1 3BZ
  • Getting there: Liverpool Lime Street is the main intercity station. It is approximately a 10 minute walk to the gallery. By car  – follow signs for Liverpool City Centre. Parking is available in Q-Park, Hanover St. Or alternatively, Liverpool ONE has three new car parks: Q-Park Strand Street, Q-Park Gradwell Street and Q-Park John Lewis
  • This is a free exhibition
  • Contact 0151 709 4014

http://www.bluecoatdisplaycentre.com/



ARTIST ROOMS Martin Creed

Liverpool Tate

24th February to 27th May 2012

 

Martin Creed, Work No. 890, DON’T WORRY 2008

ARTIST ROOMS returns to Tate Liverpool in 2012, with a display of seven important works from Turner Prize winning artist Martin Creed (b. 1968). These works have recently been donated by Creed jointly to Tate and National Galleries of Scotland for the ARTIST ROOMS collection. Creed is the first new contemporary artist to join the collection since it was established in 2008.

Born in 1968 in Wakefield, Creed grew up in Glasgow. He studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, and has exhibited extensively worldwide.

The seven works presented in ARTIST ROOMS Martin Creed are in a range of different media including a neon installation, Work No. 890 (Don’t Worry) 2008, a 21-part drawing, Work No. 944 2008 and a recent series of four paintings from 2011.

Refreshing, unexpected and humorous, Creed’s work challenges our preconceptions and rearranges the rules of conceptual art.

ARTIST ROOMS is jointly owned by Tate and National Galleries of Scotland and was established through The d’Offay Donation in 2008, with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Art Fund and the Scottish and British Governments. ARTIST ROOMS On Tour is an inspired partnership with the Art Fund – the fundraising charity for works of art, making the ARTIST ROOMS collection of international contemporary art available to galleries throughout the UK.

For more information please visit the Art Fund website.

 

Further information
  • Opening times Monday to Sunday 10 am to 5.30 pm
  • This is a free exhibition
  • Location Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock, Liverpool L3 4BB
  • For more information and to book please call 0151 702 7400

http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool



Charline von Heyl

Liverpool Tate

24th February to 27th May 2012

 

Woman #2 (detail) 2009, Charline von Heyl

Discover the work of acclaimed contemporary artist Charline von Heyl in this brand new exhibition. Distinctive, imaginative and always surprising, Charline von Heyl’s work offers a fresh and exciting approach to the world of abstract art. Von Heyl is at the forefront of a new generation of abstract painters who have rejected late modernism’s emphasis on a singular signature style. Charline von Heyl at Tate Liverpool will be the first major exhibition of the artist’s work in the UK. Featuring forty two of her large canvasses and a number of unique works on paper, the exhibition explores von Heyl’s work from 1990-2011.

Born in Germany in 1960, von Heyl studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Jörg Immendorf and Fritz Schwegler. She witnessed first hand painting’s resurgence in the 1980s through the vibrant Köln-based art scene, where radical and experimental approaches to painting by artists such as Martin Kippenberger and Albert Oehlen began a dramatic expansion of the field.

Taking a broadly chronological approach, Charline von Heyl will demonstrate von Heyl’s diverse approach to painting. Often employing unconventional painting methods and actively resisting a single style or vision, she has constantly reinvented the art form.

Charline von Heyl is organised in collaboration with Kunsthalle Nuremberg, where the exhibition will be displayed from 11 July – 30 September 2012.

 

Further information
  • Opening times Monday to Sunday 10 am to 5.30 pm
  • Admission £7.20; Concessions £5.40
  • Location Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock, Liverpool L3 4BB
  • For more information and to book please call 0151 702 7400

http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool

 



Turner Monet Twombly

Liverpool Tate

22nd June to 28th October 2012

Tate Liverpool presents Turner Monet Twombly, an exhibition of paintings by some of the most prolific and well-known artists of the 20th century.

Including over 70 works, our groundbreaking exhibition will display artworks by J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851), Claude Monet (1840-1926) and Cy Twombly (b.1928) and explore the similarities between these artists in style, subject and artistic motivation.

Turner’s compelling, atmospheric works will be exhibited alongside the beautiful and emotive art of Monet, whilst Twombly’s original contemporary style adds a fresh and exciting dimension to the exhibition. Highlights will include some of Monet’s fabulous Water Lilies and Turner’s much loved romantic landscapes. Twombly’s recent paintings of blooms will also be displayed, shown in the UK for the first time.

 

Further information
  • Opening times Monday to Sunday 10 am to 5.30 pm
  • Admission £13.50; Concessions £10
  • Location Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock, Liverpool L3 4BB
  • For more information and to book please call 0151 702 7400

http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/



Edward Lear: Artist, Explorer and Poet

Walker Art Gallery Liverpool

28th April to 23rd July

 

Cattaro, Yugoslavia, by Edward Lear, 1866

‘Edward Lear: Artist, Explorer and Poet’ reveals five of Lear’s most stunning watercolours from his years spent travelling from 1837 to his death in 1888.

Edward Lear had a vast and varied career as an artist spanning six decades. Today he is best remembered for his nonsense poetry and caricatures, which demonstrate his offbeat humour and personality.

When Lear was 25 he moved to Italy. He spent the rest of his life based in Europe but travelled worldwide to remote and beautiful places. He created numerous sketches and works of the places he visited that many of his patrons and friends in England would never see.

To share his experiences with others Lear documented and intricately described nearly every day of the 50 years he spent travelling. He stated that he wanted to ‘topographise the journeyings’ of his life, recording his movements in sketches, diary entries, letters and journals, some of which he later published.

Lear annotated his sketches with notes and descriptions, giving the works a highly personal quality. He deliberately misspelt words and played with repetition and senseless  phrases, creating his own unique language.

 

Further information:
  • Access by train: The gallery is a short walk from Liverpool Lime St Station
  • Access by car: Follow the directions to Liverpool Lime St station where there is a car park just opposite the Walker Art Gallery, William Brown St Liverpool
  • Opening hours 10 am -5pm daily
  • This is a free exhibition
  • Further information 0151 478 4199

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/



Rolf Harris: Can you tell what it is yet?

Walker Art Gallery Liverpool

19 May to 12 August 2012

 

Rolf Sings, by Rolf Harris

‘Rolf Harris: Can you tell what it is yet?’ is a major retrospective of legendary artist, musician and TV personality, Rolf Harris.

It features an eclectic range of paintings, memorabilia and much more from the UK’s best selling published artist and well loved entertainer. The original works on display range from Rolf’s early days as a student to paintings he created at lightning speed in front of a TV camera. The exhibition will also show how Rolf creates one of his paintings from start to finish.

Some of his most impressive and well known pieces will be on display, along with self-portraits, portraits, paintings of wildlife, urban and rural landscapes and studies of people and everyday life from home and abroad.

Highlights include:

All items in the exhibition are from private collections. Exhibition developed in partnership with DeMontfort Fine Art.

 

Further information:
  • Access by train: The gallery is a short walk from Liverpool Lime St Station
  • Access by car: Follow the directions to Liverpool Lime St station where there is a car park just opposite the Walker Art Gallery, William Brown St Liverpool
  • Opening hours 10 am -5pm daily
  • This is a free exhibition
  • Further information 0151 478 4199

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/



Feathercuts And Flares

Walker Art Gallery Liverpool

14th October 2011 to end date to be confirmed

 

This display in the Craft and Design Gallery will highlight the original fashions of the 1970s, currently enjoying a revival on the high street.

Discover some of the most influential ‘looks’ of that decade, from the simple country styles of Laura Ashley, through the sophisticated evening wear of John Bates, to the glamour of disco.

 

Further information:
  • Access by train: The gallery is a short walk from Liverpool Lime St Station
  • Access by car: Follow the directions to Liverpool Lime St station where there is a car park just opposite the Walker Art Gallery, William Brown St Liverpool
  • Opening hours 10 am -5pm daily
  • This is a free exhibition
  • Further information 0151 478 4199

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/



Elements and Satellites

Walker Art Gallery Liverpool

24 March 2012 – 15 July 2012

 

‘Elements and Satellites’ is a display of recent work by the winner of the Liverpool Art Prize 2011, Markus Soukup. This also includes a piece made especially for the Walker Art Gallery.

Soukup is a new media and sound artist whose work incorporates video, 2D and 3D animation. Other areas of his work are digital photography, typography, graphic and interactive design, field recordings and sound design.

 

 

 

Further information:
  • Access by train: The gallery is a short walk from Liverpool Lime St Station
  • Access by car: Follow the directions to Liverpool Lime St station where there is a car park just opposite the Walker Art Gallery, William Brown St Liverpool
  • Opening hours 10 am -5pm daily
  • This is a free exhibition
  • Further information 0151 478 4199

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/



Van Gogh and Gauguin: two self-portraits

Lady Lever Art Gallery

18th February to 11th June 2012

 

 

Two striking self-portraits by van Gogh and Gauguin are on display at the Lady Lever Art Gallery, on loan from the Musée d’Orsay, Paris.

Vincent van Gogh (born 1853) and Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) are two of the most popular artists of the Post-Impressionist era. Both developed ideas and techniques that influenced the development of modern 20th century art. The van Gogh painting is one of more than 40 self-portraits by the artist – it shows how he liked to use rapid brushstrokes and thick layers of paint. Gauguin’s dates from a difficult period during which he returned to Paris in 1893 in an unsuccessful bid to sell his work.

The paintings have been lent to the Lady Lever Art Gallery in exchange for its loan of ‘The Blessed Damozel’ by Rossetti to the exhibition ‘Debussy, Music and the Arts’ at the Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris, 21 February – 11 June 2012.

 

Further information
  • Opening times Monday to Sunday 10 am to 5.00 pm
  • This is a free exhibition
  • Location Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight Village, Wirral CH62 5EQ
  • For more information please call 0151 478 4136

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ladylever/



A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale

Lady Lever Art Gallery

1st June to 4th November 2012

 

'The Little Foot Page', Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale

Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872-1945) was a painter, designer, illustrator and a key figure in the last phase of Pre-Raphaelitism.

She was one of the most successful artists of the Edwardian period and today her artwork is in demand for calendars, greetings cards, on websites and at auction. Despite this popularity, this will be the first show in more than 40 years to showcase her career and explain her work.

 

 

 

 

Further information

  • Opening times Monday to Sunday 10 am to 5.00 pm
  • This is a free exhibition
  • Location Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight Village, Wirral CH62 5EQ
  • For more information please call 0151 478 4136

http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ladylever/