2010 Events / Venues

3345 Parr Street – 3345 Abstract Amigos – David Lach

3345 Abstract Amigos – David Lach

17 November – 5 December 2010
Exhibition of Prints by abstract artist David Lach. One of a series of four exhibitions of prints by abstract artists. Other exhibitions featuring Derek CulleyJohn Hoyland RA (CCA Galleries and Editions Liverpool) and Terry Sullivan. Part of the Independents Liverpool Biennial strand.
The textures, the colors, the illuminated flat surfaces and the colors reflected by the stainless steel, mirrors, aluminum and natural or artificial light are an ideal world for my vision of a different landscape, some galaxy where the light is different, mountains, seas, skies and an unknown habitat, but where the physical and chemical realities of the micro and macro cosmos follow the same principles as on our own planet and, as far as we know, of the whole universe. I believe that by exploring all these materials I have found a new technique (painting and etching in fiberglass), which could help the development of painting in this new century.
DAVID LACH, Liverpool 2010

3345 Parr Street – 3345 Abstract Amigos – Derek Culley

3345 Abstract Amigos – Derek Culley
1 – 19 September 2010

Exhibition of Prints by Mersyside based Irish artist, Derek Culley. One of a series of four exhibitions of prints by abstract artists. Other exhibitions featuring John Hoyland RA (CCA Galleries and Editions Liverpool), Terry Sullivan and David Lach. Part of the Independents Liverpool Biennial strand.

3345 Parr Street – 3345 Abstract Amigos – John Hoyland

3345 Abstract Amigos – John Hoyland

22 September – 17 October 2010

Exhibition of Prints by John Hoyland RA. Major British Abstract Master / Painter. One of a series of four exhibitions of prints by abstract artists. Other exhibitions featuring Derek Culley, Terry Sullivan and David Lach. Part of the Independents Liverpool Biennial strand.

 Hoyland has received many awards throughout his career, including the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Purchase Award (1963) and a Peter Stuyvesant travel bursary (1964). He was also a Prize Winner at the John Moores Liverpool Exhibition (1964) and later won First Prize (1982). He received an Arts Council purchase award (1979), joint first prize (with William Scott) in the Korn Ferry International (1986) and first prize of the Athena Art Award (1987).

In 1998 he won the Wollaston Award for the most distinguished work in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Hoyland developed strong links with America from the late 1960s. He was appointed Charles A Dana Professor of Fine Art at Colgate University, Hamilton, New York in 1972 and was artist in residence at the Studio School, New York in 1978 and at Melbourne University in 1979.

He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1991 and in 1999 was appointed Professor of Painting at the Royal Academy Schools. In 2001 he received an Honorary Doctorate from Sheffield Hallam University. John Hoyland lives and works in London.

3345 Parr Street – 3345 Abstract Amigos – Terry Sullivan

 

69A Intandane – Dolls in the Dream House

 69A Intandane – Dolls in the Dream House
18 September – 30 November 2010

Paintings by Jeanne-Marie. Surreal paintings of women and other creatures.

Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust – Mindscape by Tony Bishop

Mindscape by Tony Bishop
24 November – 24 December 2010 (Call 0151-529 8480 for appointment)
Tony Bishop
‘s 3rd solo art exhibition with his unique contemporary style. A journey into contemporary art for abstract minds.

Landscape,seascape and imaginative images painted in heavy,mixed med. on timber and canvass.He sometimes utilises found materials including aged metals,distressed woods and objects of Nostalgia to give the finished piece added character and soul.

Blackburne House – A Sense of Place

A Sense of Place
1 November – 17 December 2010
Private View: Thursday 4 November 2010, 18.30 – 20.30

Exhibition by seven female artists from Soup Collective – May Chong, Ruth Edwards, Tifany Kendall, Jackie Kerr, Emma Sumner, Louise Waller, Wendy Williams. This exhibition is an opportunity to exhibit our work as a smaller cohesive group, specifically curated to enhance Blackburne House’s positive environment.

 Working with paint, mixed media, ceramics and photography, this exhibition will focus on the idea of environmental space and the artist’s visual response to the space they inhabit.

Ultimately each artist would create new work in response to the Blackburne House building and its environs.

Blackburne House – Encounters And Memories

Encounters And Memories
1 – 31 October 2010

Documentation of a Live Art Installation and Encounter Series including Film, Photography, Ceramics and Etching. Artists: Emma and Guy Thackham, Sven Eselgroth, Sarah Beetson, Nick Gillespie, Daniel Baldwin, Jennifer Cadwallader, Claire Wilson.

Encounters & Documents was a series of performative art experiments exploring notions of identity initiated by visual/live artist Emma Thackham, and developed in collaboration with artists, dancers and film makers.

The collections of objects and images that inform the work were developed with the participation of members of the public during the initial encounter series and undertaken in a multiplicity of spaces – including the former Axis Arts Centre in Alsager , a flash-mob two hour installation, a two-day event at Soap Tank in Warrington, and was selected for The Worcester Open 2010.

The work culminated in a showcase event at The Axis Open Space, Crewe. This generative praxis process fractures notions of authorship and identity in art, object and space, and invites engagement with these conceptual concerns as much as it questions the construction of early identities.

Blackburne House – Journey of the Bride

Journey of the Bride
2 – 30 September 2010

Solo exhibition of black and white drawings by Alice Lenkiewicz. A postmodern fairytale about a woman’s magical journey. A Bride runs away on her wedding day, hitchhikes through America, meets a fairy prince who shows her a land of peace, love and harmony. Was it all just a dream or can she make her dream come true?

 A Poetry Reading about ‘Journeys’ will take place at the PV.

Bluecoat – The Caravan Gallery: Is Britain Great?

The Caravan Gallery: Is Britain Great?
16 – 20 September 2010

Private View: FRIDAY 17 September 2010, 18.00 – 21.00
A photographic exhibition in a caravan showing the reality and surreality of contemporary Britain with a focus on Liverpool. The Caravan Gallery is a mobile exhibition venue and visual arts project run by Jan Williams and Chris Teasdale who are on a mission to photograph the ordinary and extraordinary details of contemporary leisure, landscape and lifestyle.

 Eager to examine clichés and cultural trends they are drawn to the absurd anomalies and curious juxtapositions typical of places in transition as regeneration fever spreads. Many of these images appear on their custom made ‘reality’ postcards and on the pages of their best selling series of ‘Is Britain Great?’ books.

Since its launch in 2000 The Caravan Gallery has travelled thousands of miles documenting the changing face of Britain. It has exhibited in countless locations in conjunction with art galleries, biennials, street festivals and community projects engaging with people from all walks of life, many of whom would never dream of setting foot in a ‘proper’ art gallery.

It even got shipped to Japan by fashion designer Paul Smith to show the people of Tokyo that there’s a lot more to Britain than thatched cottages and Buckingham Palace. Jan and Chris set out to record a ‘Sense of Place’ in their photos and delight in capturing details that arrest the attention of outsiders but frequently go unnoticed by residents.

On the other hand many of their images represent random sightings -such as the infamous Afghan hound in a shell suit in Sheffield – that frequently defy belief . Central to their approach is Psychogeography which explores the relationship of place to its social and cultural history.

Visit this unique caravanic venue to see a selection of photos from The Caravan Gallery’s ever-growing archive built up over 10 years’ travelling around the UK, then have your say by completing an unusually entertaining survey about life in Britain today.
Seriously thought-provoking, deliciously absurd.

Books, prints and postcards available for sale.
Open: 11.00 – 18.00 Thursday 16th  to Monday 20th. Open till 21.00 on Friday 17th.

Bluecoat Display Centre – A Sparkling Party

A Sparkling Party

2 October – 13 November 2010

A touring exhibition of selected works in silver by Kevin O’Dwyer The Bluecoat Display Centre are delighted to be hosting Kevin’s first solo exhibition in over 10 years. A Sparkling Party features a collection of outstanding jewellery, silverware and sculpture by one of the foremost artists working with silver today.

 For over 30 years O’Dwyer’s artwork has explored the subtleties of ritual and imagination. Irish prehistoric art, bronze-age artefacts, early monastic metalwork, 20th century design and architecture are his creative influences. Equipped with this visual vocabulary O’Dwyer has created artefacts that often combine the textured surfaces and flowing lines of our past with the strong and austere forms of modern architecture. His ultimate goal has been to create a work of art that is timeless, thought provoking and responsive to the human spirit.

“Sparkling Party” will feature a collection of flowing and architectural forms that have been the trademark of a career that has blurred the boundaries between art and craft. Eleanor Flegg’s introduction to the “Sparkling Party” catalogue states, “ O’Dwyer has an affinity with the
sculptural interpretation of mundane household items, but especially with teapots. His Party Teapot abandons itself to a wild coiffeur of silver, like the wedding headdress with more money than sense, while a self-contained Rocking Teapot balances quietly on a curved base, made from a continuation of its handle.”

O’Dwyer has recently received a National Endowment for the Arts award to work as artist in residence at Pratt Fine Arts Centre in Seattle, Washington. Michelle Bufano, Director of Pratt Fine Arts Centre states, “Much like himself, O’Dwyer’s work is an unconventional mix of tradition and innovation. Dramatic and elegant in its form, the work engages the viewer to look beyond the main object to the space that surrounds. It whirls in a frozen dervish dance that embraces the air and makes the negative form part of the piece.” O’Dwyer will continue to explore the relationship between form and function creating a series of sculptural glass and metal artefacts during his residency.

Bluecoat Display Centre – National Sculpture Prize Exhibition

National Sculpture Prize Exhibition
14 August – 25 September 2010

The National Sculpture Prize 2010 is the second instalment of the Art Prize created by the Bluecoat Display Centre, to hunt out innovative new artists and makers in the field of Applied Arts. Following the success of our competition in 2008, this years edition of the competition has shortlisted six artists, whose work is new and exciting, experimental and that shows talent and fresh thinking.

 The competition was open to all professional artists in their field, at any point in their career. These six short listed artists will now see their work on display in our gallery, they will also be eligible for £1,000 cash prize. There will also be a ‘People’s Choice Award’, for the artist nominated by members of the public. The winner of the cash prize will be announced on Friday 10th September at 6pm.

Mari-Ruth Oda
It was Mari-Ruth Oda’s new work that really caught our eye: The Wave series. Taking inspiration from the forms that water makes and also by the mental waves of ‘thought’. From her studio in Manchester, her forms are hand-built through building up layers of coils and manipulating by adding, scrapping and sculpting the forms.

Nicholas Lees
Nicholas Lees uses a combination of slipcasting and handbuilding techniques so that his work creates expressions of both tension and resolution. For the work included in this exhibition, he has focused on the exploration of the relationship between ‘artificial’ (mechanical, manmade, ordered, hard, reductive) and ‘natural’ (organic, soft, disordered, accretive) aesthetics.

Nicolas Moreton

Nicolas’s awareness of light is really acute. His research into how it forms and sits was the basis for his new work, and started when he was working in Italy, working in buildings that are illuminated by natural light. This conscious awareness has stimulated a need to incorporate light, either natural or electrical, into the work. He believes that the use of hand tools adds and aids to the resultant image creating a personal and intimate statement, communicating its message to the viewer.

Katriona Beales
Over the last couple of years Katriona has become increasingly interested in the issue of the subject in the public eye. She studies notions of consumption, privacy, vulnerability and exploitation, and as a result of her enquiries, she created a series of 3D collages. She believes them to be a kind of metaphorical portrait, based upon herself and those around her.

Maya Selway

It is the simplicity of japanese ceramics that inspires the work of Maya Selway. Her new work is influenced by laquerware and its connections to the tradition of Wabi-Sabi (the art of finding beauty in imperfection). There is a profundity in simplicity, she believes, and her work shows this. They are ‘contemplative precious metal objects’ – both functional and non functional, and they sit together harmoniously, invitingly.

Caren Hartley

Working predominantly in metal (casting and mould making predominantly), Caren Hartley has a fascination for the lives of familiar objects, and in particular, those that are seemingly unimportant or have fallen out of favour. She has followed the themes of rebirth, simulation and object translations, looking at how a parody of the original is created when material truths and untruths are interfered with.

Supported by Malthouse & Co Chartered Accountants

Bold Street Coffee – Hinterland

 Hinterland
13 September 2010 – until further notice

Photography exhibition by Alexandra Wolkowicz and Marijke BrinkhofHinterland is a collaboration between art director and set designer Marijke Brinkhof (Rotterdam) and photographer Alexandra Wolkowicz (Liverpool).

 It emerged when we experimented with creating an imaginary landscape out of found objects.

We embarked on a series using discarded items found on the beach and in the theatre’s prop and costume department.

Calderstones Park – A Life Not Sweet Anymore

A Life Not Sweet Anymore
20 – 26 September 2010

Is applicable to Italy now? The country of the “Sweet Life” has become a surreal labyrinth, where absurdity and irrationality among men is the constant? It is the answer given in the key photographic collective Pommefritz, composed by Max Boschini and Mauro Manuini, which adds in this occasion occasion their friend Marco Brioni.

 Surrealism: literary and artistic movement characterized by the denial of the traditional means of expression of the Reason in favour of instinctive or metaphorical registrations of psichic automatisms, dreamy or hypnotic sensations, in the contest of a reality often felt like a labirint supported by absurdity and dialectic of cruelty between the men.

Is applicable to Italy now? The country of the “Sweet Life” has become a surreal labyrinth, where absurdity and irrationality among men is the constant? It is the answer given in the key photographic collective Pommefritz, composed by Max Boschini and Mauro Manuini, which adds in this occasion occasion their friend Marco Brioni.

The exhibition, part of the “Independents Liverpool Biennial 2010” will be held at the Coach House in Calderstones Park 20-26 September and will be reflected through forty shots, which show not a commonplace situation of Italy, but the mood of those who, as an artist, operates between indifference, arrogance, short-sightedness and ignorance.

The selection of photographs, prepared for the occasion by Loris Franzini give us a glimpse of marginal Italy, crowded of men aware of their own destiny and, ultimately, a little bit crazy, divided between fable and drama, sentimental passions and social contradictions. A life not sweet anymore, but quite bitter.

Ceri Hand Gallery – Nick Crowe and Ian Rawlinson ‘No Sign of Helicopters’

Nick Crowe and Ian Rawlinson ‘No Sign of Helicopters’
16 September – 16 October 2010

For their debut solo exhibition at the Ceri Hand Gallery, which coincides with the Liverpool Biennial, Nick Crowe and Ian Rawlinson present a new body of work exploring issues of containment and release.

Human figures sit concealed beneath foil survival blankets that hum with the chirp of crickets whilst kaleidoscopic footage of a bridge being dismantled at night clangs and rattles in an adjoining space. This is a world in which action is entangled with nostalgia and a confusion between function and deployment is the norm.

The Hunters, a group of twelve coils of rope hung on a line of wall brackets, set the tone for the show. Suggestive of a group of disciples, the kit room of a mountain rescue team or local lynch mob it is a darkly foreboding work. A group of photographs, entitled Rope, make this outcome no more certain. Shot inside a trailer on a hillside in Poland during a workshop to teach rope ladder making the resultant images owe more to the language of soft core erotica than they do to the instructional manual.  

Empire is a sculpture that consists of a garden chiminea utilised to present a video of a short performance. A naked man in some kind of admiral’s hat is seen apparently in the process of preparing a ‘set’ and performing a puppet show. Representing perhaps everyone who ever fretted about their changing neighbourhood, or their place in our fast paced developing world, the character in the film seems trapped as much by his clinging to the past as he is by the phantom of an encroaching future. And whilst we might enjoy his ham-fisted puppetry the silent theatre he presents is an over familiar tale, echoed in the human-scale figures placed beneath survival blankets in the audio sculpture Citizenship. Thin tin foil sheets, reminiscent of camping and news footage of disasters, consciously depict themselves as a mountain range, in this instance complete with the chirping of cicadas. In conflating human forms with a landscape form, the work examines not what an outsider is, but how that label is formulated and promulgated.  

Following on from their recent exhibitions of video (FACT, 2007; Northern Art Prize, 2009), Crowe and Rawlinson will premiere a spectacular new work entitled Die Brücke. Filmed at night during the dismantling of a railway bridge in Berlin, the work is a rapidly changing kaleidoscope of welding tools and cascading sparks. The urban texture of Berlin is folded and multiplied to create a hypnotic series of patterns which allude simultaneously to European and Middle Eastern architectural forms.

The exhibition can be experienced as a soundscape in which natural rhythms are in counterpoint to hard industrial noise. Sounds are taken to be both implicit in the sculpture Monument and viscerally present in the lull of insects emanating from Citizenship.

Die Brücke’s percussive pulse is located in the live noise of its street location and underscores a motive force that finds its mute echo in the form of the ceramic Anvil.
The black ceramic Anvil contains in its form the sound of hammer on iron as well as the sound of breaking pottery. An internal heating element has been inserted inside which intermittently heats the anvil. This association with the memory of heat is set against the fact that a heated anvil becomes, once again, a functional object.
Monument consists of a basic drum kit in which the components have been stacked on top of one another to form a tower – a totem – and like Anvil this is a recasting of function. The vertical stacking presents a form that echoes monumental sculpture and because of this sense of building the feeling is not one of commemoration of something past, rather something aspirational, albeit uneasily so.

No Sign of Helicopters sets up a series of poetic resonances between place and person and the activities that preoccupy them. Whilst some works allude to spectacle and escape, there is an ever present concern with the individual constrained and positioned by social forces. This is a world explored in partial glimpses. Vignettes of anxiety and release evoking images of labour, energy and heat are as much symptoms of the retreat into nostalgia as they are of what might once have been called purposeful industriousness.

Ceri Hand Gallery – Rebecca Lennon ‘We are Stuck Here Together’

Rebecca Lennon ‘We are Stuck Here Together’
28 October – 28 November 2010
Preview: Wednesday 27 October 2010

Rebecca Lennon’s first solo show at Ceri Hand Gallery draws together the found, the stolen, the forged, the made and the re-made in a series of exchanges and situations, nuanced with an often ritual, misplaced and convoluted drive to connect, act or validate.

 Old photos bought by weight of the pile in markets and on eBay, art sent to a debt
collection agency as an offering for the debt, a film clip of a man acting out a sleep
disorder, and a family member who swam across Morcambe bay in exchange for a
wooden chest of drawers, are brought together in a show eating its tail, perpetually
shifting between the personal and inauthentic, humour and something darker.

Corke Gallery – ‘Painting Now’ Kate Fielding & ‘Luminosity of Light’ Simon A Yorke

‘Painting Now’ Kate Fielding & ‘Luminosity of Light’ Simon A Yorke
5 – 10 October 2010

Show of large abstract representational oil paintings by Kate Fielding and Simon A Yorke inspired by the direct environment and long held beliefs.

Corke Gallery – A Sense of Reality Where None is Present – Frank Moore

A Sense of Reality Where None is Present – Frank Moore
9 -13 November 2010

Exhibition of paintings by Frank Moore which reflect the misuse of power within politics, religion and conflict.

Corke Gallery – Biennial Preview Show

Biennial Preview Show
15 – 18 September 2010

Ticket and invitation only preview of work being shown in the Corke Gallery’s TEN Independents Biennial exhibitions.
Email gallery@corke.net to order tickets.

Corke Gallery – Captured Moments Of Life & Spirituality

Captured Moments Of Life & Spirituality
24 August – 4 September 2010
This joint Corke Gallery and SOLA Arts exhibition celebrates cultural diversity and highlights social issues across three continents. The selected paintings, mixed media, photographs and film aim to inspire and inform with challenging themes and striking and colourful images.

 The show features the work created in Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Iran, Mexico, Thailand and London (UK) by:
Shumon Afarhad…
Ernesto Muniz
Adele Spiers
Elia Sadiqi
Tenzin Yonten


Gallery open: 2pm – 6pm Tuesday – Friday, 10am – 2pm Saturday
(Closed Sunday & Monday)
Viewings available by appointment

Corke Gallery – Landscapes and Views – Past & Present

Landscapes and Views – Past & Present
26 – 30 October 2010

Scenes in and around Liverpool captured in acrylics, oils and watercolours by artists including Joel Bird, Fatima Ballesteros Larrotcha, Mike Hatjoullis and Jon Pountain.

Corke Gallery – Life in Lino by Mike Hatjoullis

Life in Lino by Mike Hatjoullis
19 – 23 October 2010

Exhibition by Mike Hatjoullis. Lino cuts featuring a wide range of subject matter including people, abstracts images and cityscapes.

Corke Gallery – Liverpool A Level Students Art Prize

Liverpool A Level Students Art Prize
23 – 27 November 2010

Mixed show of the paintings and art works entered into the 2010 Corke Gallery A Level Art Students Art Prize. The prize is open to any A-Level Art Student studying in Merseyside.

Corke Gallery – Liverpool Family Robinson

Liverpool Family Robinson
2 – 6 November 2010

Val and Doug Robinson present a collection of works including portraits, places and abstract images in acrylics and oils.

Corke Gallery – Liverpool Undergraduate Students Art Prize

Liverpool Undergraduate Students Art Prize
16 – 20 November 2010

Mixed show of the paintings and art works entered into the 2010 Corke Gallery Undergraduates Art Prize.  The competition is open to all undergraduate students studying in Merseyside.

Corke Gallery – Underdressed and Nude

Underdressed and Nude
12 – 16 October 2010

A collection of male and female nude paintings, etchings and prints created by Corrie Barclay, Bestie, Ken Bullock, Peter Cameron, Alex Corina, Faile, Hush, Paul Insect, Tom Merrifield, Antony Micallef, Ernesto Muñiz, Peter Philip, Alun Roberts, John Vesty, Mariana Whitehorn and sculpture by Paul Gatenby.

Corke Gallery – ‘Outsiders’ In (Parts 1 & 2)

 ‘Outsiders’ In (Parts 1 & 2)
21 – 25 September (part 1) and 28 September – 2 October (part 2)

Exhibition of work by leading international street artists including Banksy, Faile, Shepard Fairey, D*Face, Nick Walker, Bestie and Ernesto Muñiz. Email gallery@corke.net to order tickets.

Cornerstone Gallery – ‘New Fiction’ by Martin Greenland

 ‘New Fiction’ by Martin Greenland
18 September – 12 November 2010
Viewing Thursday 23 September 18.00 – 20.00
The Cornerstone Gallery in collaboration with the Art Space Gallery / Michael Richardson Contemporary Art, is proud to present an Exhibition of new works by Martin Greenland‘New Fiction’ is a delicate balance between the believable, based upon what is seen, and the unbelievable, the unseen. This balance is negotiated through an appreciation of physical beauty, the technical craft of paint and the concept.

 Greenland’s works are ‘inspired’ by landscape translated from visual stimuli often gained whilst walking. He does not paint the places or landscapes he encounters, but paints about them whilst retaining visual references and elements rooted in the real world.

The process of painting infused by such visual imagery, memory and imagination evolves into a visual and conceptual impression unique to Greenland.

Since winning the highly acclaimed National John Moores Painting Prize in 2006, Greenland has continued to exhibit extensively throughout the UK and is now enjoying new successes internationally.

Cornerstone Gallery – artinliverpool.com Purchase Prize

 artinliverpool.com Purchase Prize
18 September – 28 November 2010
 . Viewing Thursday 23 September 18.00 – 20.00
An Exhibition of works purchased by artinliverpool.com from their annual purchase prize award. Although this prize was established in 2007 artinliverpool.com has long been a big supporter of the arts in Liverpool. For the last four years artinliverpool.com has awarded a purchase prize to one of Liverpool Hope University‘s final year Fine & Applied Art’s students during their final year degree show. Artists: Paula Baines, Corrie Barclay, Dominic Foster, Hayley Smith.

 Liverpool Hope University is proud to exhibit the works of these four artists.

Cornerstone Gallery – Wynn Vivian Purchase Prize

 Wynn Vivian Purchase Prize
18 September – 28 November 2010

A collection of works from the Annual Purchase Prize Awarded to Liverpool Hope University Fine Art Final Year Students. The Wyn Vivian prize began as the Vivian Prize in 1999, a purchase prize awarded by Peter Dover in memory of his father Vivian Dover. When his mother Wyn died on new year’s day 2008, the Prize was subsequently later renamed as the Wyn Vivian.

Curve Gallery – Curve Gallery Biennial

Curve Gallery Biennial
22 October – 6 November 2010
Private View: Friday 22 October 2010, 18.00 – 20.00

This is a group show of three artist from the Curve Gallery Studios and the Red wire StudiosThomas Williams, Dave Penny, Lisa Who. Work will be displayed in a range of mediums including Painting, Photography and printmaking.

Domino Gallery – Up & Coming Present: ‘Giz a touch’

Up & Coming Present: ‘Giz a touch’
18 September – 28 November 2010
Private View: Saturday 18 September 2010, 19.00 – 21.00
‘Giz a Touch’
 is a scouse colloquialism for ‘to give a helping hand.’ Crawley & Trappe (Up & Coming) and Felicity Wren (Domino Gallery) invite you to participate in a dialogue in an alternative space; a meeting place where a butty (sandwich) and a cuppa char (cup of tea) can be enjoyed alongside art. We invite passers by, strangers to the city and art lovers alike to be ‘touched’.

 Up and Coming Artists:
David Thomas Crawley (UK)
Sooim Jeong (S Korea)
Farzad Kohan (USA)
Michael J MacGabhann (UK)
Claire McCarthy (UK)
Chris Pheysey (UK)
Theo Simpson (UK)
Jim Turner (UK)
Sarah Leanne Trappe (UK)

Editions – Lisa Who ‘Floor Plan’

Lisa Who ‘Floor Plan’
8 – 27 November 2010
Private View: Thursday 11 November 2010, 17.00 – 20.00

Exhibition by Liverpool-based printmaker, Lisa Who.  ‘Floor Plan’ is an exploration of form derived from  collected material, photography and  places visited on her Spanish journey.

 Inspired by a four month stay in Northern Spain and the sculpture of Chillida, Who’s work is a simplification of form realizing bold images of urban detail and architectural outline. The footprint of buildings/shelters and landscape detail are enlarged, cut and layered using both relief and intaglio print.

A painter and printmaker, Lisa Who lives and works in Liverpool, continues to exhibit internationally and is the co-director and curator of Curve Gallery.

Editions – Nathan Pendlebury & Paul Romano

Nathan Pendlebury & Paul Romano
15 October – 7 November 2010
Private View: Thursday 14 October 2010 17.30 – 20.00

Two man exhibition featuring abstract painting by the two local Liverpool based artists; Nathan Pendlebury & Paul Romano. This will be the first time both have exhibited together. New work by each artist will be on display.

Editions – Trailogue

Trailogue
17 September – 9 October 2010

Exhibition of work by three artists; Emma Gregory, Martin Kochany and David Henckel.

 Martin Kochany – Trailogue Work
“This statement precedes the making of new works, as I don’t like showing art that existed before being invited to exhibit. In a sense I set myself a brief, a deadline and the incumbent challenges therein be they aesthetic, technical or domestic.

These prints are part of wider project called Seepage. I’m interested in the surface and what lies beneath – both metaphorically and physically. The prints derive from and incorporate drawing, drips and splashes- as I’m attracted to the frailty of the hand made.

Although I occasionally edition prints, I prefer making multiple prints  incorporating variations. Variation acknowledges that unlike the poet or musician, I rarely feel that I’ve captured the definitive.”

Eggspace – Twenty-Ten

Twenty-Ten
17 September – 28 November 2010
Private View: Thursday 16 September 2010, 18.30 – 20.00

An open group exhibition with the theme ‘Twenty-Ten’. The artwork on display will reflect how the artists have interpreted the theme and what Twenty-Ten means to them.

Flat 4 Studio and Gallery – Peter Corbett: Recent Paintings

Peter Corbett: Recent Paintings
18 September 2010 – 15 October 2010

International award winning Liverpool artist Peter Corbett who represented the United Kingdom at the Florence Biennale of Contemporary Art, Italy, in December 2007, and has exhibited widely in Britain and around the World, is exhibiting recent paintings at Flat 4 Studio and Gallery, throughout the house at 7 Gambier Terrace.

 “Over the years I have tried, as far as possible, to express the underlying reality behind the surface appearance of things, through a technique I discovered in August 1987 I have called Double Edging. The outer stimuli for this investigation were researches into cells, water and organic forms in the 1970’s and what has been termed the ‘new science’ in the 1980’s and 1990’s (which include the Zero Point Field, Quantum, String and Chaos Theories and Relativity reflecting this hidden dimension in a more empirical, scientific manner.)

Together with the above, the reading of Taoist, Zen Buddhist and Theosophical literature served as a philosophical underpinning to the work. The paintings on display are recent developments in the progression and evolution of the Double Edging.

Gala Leo Casino – An encounter with CULLEY

Gala Leo Casino – An encounter with CULLEY
24 September – 26 November 2010

Abstract works by Mersyside based Irish artist, Derek Culley.

 “Derek Culley a mark maker” I first met with Derek Culley in the late ‘70s. At that time he was looking at Celtic imagery. Moving to England he discovered the 1950s group of British painters like Terry Frost, Denis Bowen, John Hoyland to name but a few. Denis, one of the iconic British artists became a close friend and mentor to Derek. Through immersion in art and consistently looking Culley began to find his voice. His link with street art cannot be denied. The apparent abandonment of image towards a form of graffiti like mark making can be descriptive. Culley uses the marks within the image to un settle his picture plane.

He uses this technique to understand the surfact tension. Once having lost control of the image he wrestles control back. Being brave in his use of colour, he uses colour in its raw form. These are not “pretty paintings” but paintings from the heart, sometimes funny often with a logical wisdom. What makes Derek Culley a painter of note is the fact that he challenges the viewer to look at his world, a world that does not come easy? But one that comes with an aesthetic challenge.

The palette of primary colour can obscure not just the aesthetic quality of the work but lead us the viewer to a world that is on one hand edgy and on the other ordered, almost mathematical. To reflect back to the Irishness in Culley’s work many gaps in the knowledge of our contemporary world are still fulfilled by notions of magic and clairvoyance. These notions come from our imagination. It is this that Culley taps into, a Yin and Yang, order and fear lessness.

Through all of this exploration Culley has remained true to himself and his one constant being a true and brave mark –  Eamon Colman Artist / Aosdána July 2008 – Alternative Entertainments Exhibition – Tallaght Dublin

Gallery4AllArts – Meet Me At Sunset 2010

Meet Me At Sunset 2010
6 – 30 November 2010
Open Day: Saturday 6 November 2010, 12.00 – 17.00

Group exhibition from local and international artists, featuring various artforms such as abstract painting, mixed media, photography, video art, performance art, etc. Curator Nicole Bartos.

 Over 24 British and international artists took part in this project during 2008, as part of the Independents’ Biennial. This year some of those artists will join again, next to the newly selected artists.

A festive season again, starting with the sunset watching meetings throughout late August and early September, and finalising with the exhibition.

View some details from the 2008 project:
http://www.gallery4allarts.com/meet%20me%20at%20sunset.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GntCTsOw7q0

Gallery4AllArts, Gallery 1 – Fanchon Fröhlich, Beryl Bainbridge – a friendship

Fanchon Fröhlich, Beryl Bainbridge – a friendship
16 – 29 September 2010
Private View: 16 September 2010, 15.00 – 20.00

A collection of drawings, paintings and writings by Fanchon Fröhlich related to the artist’s friendship with the writer Beryl Bainbridge. Curator Nicole Bartos.

Gallery4AllArts, Gallery 1 – Mucky Daughters

Mucky Daughters
2 -14 October 2010
Remnants from a transient art work along the Mersey. The silt of the river describes encounters between artists and environment. Kaety Moore and Jenny Wynne are 2 artists connected by the Mersey Estuary. They collaborate in this temporary work which is a departure from their usual practice.

 Wynne typically works with oil paint and Moore with calico and cotton.

Mucky Daughters
 is the name of a poem by Moore which is a call to the wild, and an opportunity to get out of the studio and play with their work. They substitute the matter of paint with mud, and material with sand. Mucky is wild, free, unconfined and an exploration of childbirth, motherhood and belief.

Gallery4AllArts, Gallery 2 – ‘Left To Die’ – Gisèle Nzolameso

‘Left To Die’ – Gisèle Nzolameso solo show
16 – 27 October 2010
Private view/Open day: Saturday 16 October, 12.00 – 17.00

Video Installation Double Screen. The video screens represent a transparent window onto the world of a captive character.

 As a matter of course, Gisèle Nzolameso seeks to implicate the viewer with moving and intrusive imagery while stressing universal values and emotions: pain, compassion, distress, hope, altruism, exploitation, fear, greed and courage.

The intriguing performances address the notion of “one’s body is one’s property” in an environment where the lack of law and order makes the concepts of identity, worth, ownership and privacy obsolete.

Gallery4AllArts, Gallery 2 – Capturing Threads of Light

Capturing Threads of Light
16 – 29 September 2010
Open Day: Saturday 18 September 2010, 12.00 – 19.00

A revelation of colour vibration and light filtering screens that welcome you to take a journey of meditation and peace. Featuring a site specific installation and abstract painting by Nicole Bartos.

Gallery4AllArts, Gallery 2 – Conscious Nature

Conscious Nature
2 -14 October 2010
Abstract paintings on the theme of dream and “nightmare” by Christopher Muotoh.

 The idea of dreams came to mind when doing my previous project. It was based around my identity and how each individual is viewed. Each of us houses positive and negative thoughts, unearthing them at specific moments.

Sometimes we cannot control these thoughts. One of these times being when we dream. Tapping into our subconscious and exploring an altered state is what I tried to do, so I could expose the dark side of myself visually. This idea was inspired by the childhood dreams and nightmares, as well as myths and monsters, such as Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. (…) The material I will experiment with and take further will be acrylic paints, inks, plywood and hardwood.

The reason I am using inks and wood is because they both have a natural and elemental meaning to them. A raw purity, which dreaming also has. (…) Dreams fascinate me, because they reveal our purist thoughts. It is the only time when we are truly not in control.”

– Christopher Muotoh

Gostins Arcade – Liverpoolgallery.com Group Exhibition

 Liverpoolgallery.com Group Exhibition
18 September – 16 October 2010
Private View: Thursday 23 September 2010, 18.30 – 20.30

A group show by the artists and photographers of Liverpoolgallery.com The exhibition includes photography, watercolours, arcylics, oils and mixed media artwork from the Liverpoolgallery.com group.  

 The group is made up of local and international artists who now all live and work in the Merseyside area.

The wide variety of artwork included in this joint show, exhibits their different approaches and styles to visual art.

Artists:
Karen Brookman, Lorna Bruce, Michelle Campbell, John Chatterton, Mary Christie, Emma Dalton, Anna Di Scala, Dave Ellison, Zak Grant, Danny Hampson, Lee Kendall, Lauren Piercy, Micheline Robinson, Anita Smith, Keith F Smith, Oke Ugonna

Karen Brookman

Lorna Bruce

Michelle Campbell

John Chatterton

Mary Christie

Emma Dalton

Anna Di Scala

Dave Ellison

Zak Grant

Danny Hampson

Lee Kendall

Lauren Piercy

Micheline Robinson

Anita Smith

Keith F Smith

Oke Ugonna

Gostins Bldg – Exhibition of work by members of the Liver Sketching Club

Exhibition of work by members of the Liver Sketching Club
20 – 27 September 2010

Paintings and drawings by club members. Members of the Liver Sketching Club. There will be a changing exhibition of their work by in the corridor immediately next to the club’s studios.

 The Liver Sketching Club has been active in Liverpool since 1872. Around 80 members attend one or more of the 7 weekly meetings at the studio in Hanover Street.

On 17 September, the club’s studio will be open for visitors.

Gostins Gallery – Collage Collectables Presents

Collage Collectables Presents
21 October – 27 November 2010
Private View: Thursday 21 October 2010, 18.30 – 21.00

Collage Collectables & Fine Arts Presents – An exhibition of work by artists who work in a variety of styles and media. Artists: Colin Reid, Derek Corlett, Cherie Grist, George O’Brien, Martin Lloyd, Lis Edgar, George Jones, Brian Beattie.

Colin Reid

Derek Corlett

Cherie Grist

George O’Brien

Martin Lloyd

Lis Edgar

George Jones

Brian Beattie

House of Fraser – HOF at House of Fraser

 HOF at House of Fraser
18 September – 28 November 2010

An exhibition of work by a mix of local artists and designers within the windows of House of Fraser, Birkenhead.

 Artists: Christine Taylor, Liz Monks, Linda Evans, Susan Brown

International Gallery – Blink Unblink

 Blink Unblink
7 – 23 October 2010
Private View: Friday 8 October 2010 18.00 – 20.00

Enter the mysterious world created by emerging artists Kirsty E Smith and Olwen Holland. Smith and Holland transform the International Gallery into a sensory delight. Expect the unexpected.

 Kirsty E. Smith makes sculptural works in response to her ongoing fascination with her surroundings, the domestic in particular. Her intention is to create work which resonates on a deeply emotive level and which acts as a vehicle to reconnect with a “place” or memory deep in our subconscious.

She is an experimenter and innovator who delights in working with a vast array of materials; juxtaposing the ordinary and luxurious, the cheap and expensive, the reclaimed and recycled. Smith’s abilities to transform these into surreal sculptural forms all contribute to a rich and complex body of work.

Her sculptures are vessels which hold and suggest many ideas simultaneously and it is quite possible to believe that Smith’s sculptures have an unseen life of their own.

Olwen Holland is a talented artist working with photography and sound. She is currently studying for an MA in photography at London College of Communication.  She is currently studying for an MA in photography at London College of Communication. Enter the mysterious world created by Olwen Holland and Kirsty E Smith.

Using photography and mixed media sculpture these prizewinning artists transport you to an alternative time and place.

Surreal and uncanny narratives unfold.

Blink UnBlink is part of S.Q.U.A.T. Liverpool a Liverpool Biennial show curated by Gregory Scott-Gurner and Asher Remy-Toledo.

International Gallery – Space Between

Space Between
18 September – 2 October 2010
Private View: 17 September 2010

Where and what is the (space between)? High Tide‘s contribution to S.Q.U.A.T Liverpool imparts an exploration into the ambiguities and often intangible relationships that we have with the natural world. Brady & Carter, John Davies, Helen Grove White, Philip Jeck, Kultivator, Anne Lydiat, Anna Mendelssohn, David Nash, Janette Porter, Tim Pugh, Elizabeth Willow.

As water sustains life, so too it sustains the flow of the abstract narrative initiated by the artworks. So, is the (space between) the point of synchronicity at which we are connected to everything else?

Curated by James Brady and Janette Porter
Funded by the Environment Agency and supported by The Art Organisation.

www.hightideuk.org

Brady & Carter

John Davies

Helen Grove White

Philip Jeck

Kultivator

Anne Lydiat

Anna Mendelssohn

David Nash

Janette Porter

Tim Pugh

Elizabeth Willow

James Brady

Janette Porter

John Lewis – between Presence and Absence

John Lewis – between Presence and Absence
18 September – 18 October 2010
Liverpool born and nationally exhibited artist Jason Jones presents an installation of work within the furniture department of John Lewis, Liverpool One. The resonance between the presence and absence of an object void of visible human involvement is what informs these works.

 Presenting recognisable classical objects of westernised domestic living in an isolated environment can invoke a generalised nostalgia around the object.

The lack of a visible functional role within this environment allows for an investigation into the transient nature of the objects purpose, diminished use, growing out of and discarding until its presence is no longer required. The size of the image is integral to the work’s narrative and in placing the finished pieces on the surfaces within a Furniture Department store contributes to the heightened awareness of the subject matter. It allows for consideration in an environment where the public would emotionally and rationally engage with the type of object depicted.

Exhibiting the images outside of a clinical gallery environment avoids the informed subjectivity imposed by a gallery’s professional practice; by reference text and the politics of gallery engagement governed by a designated exhibition space. Instead, the work moves its theoretical horizon into the realm of human interaction and social context.

A viewer can either engage with the work with no prior informed knowledge or context surrounding the objects, or to simply move on by. The role of artwork and viewer is therefore dependent on interaction and discovery.

Lady Green Garden Centre – Exterior Art for Interiors

Exterior Art for Interiors
18 September – 28 November 2010

Exhibition by 5 artists. Salvaged & natural materials made into art for the home. Artists: Tracy Lewis (Curator), Simon Archer, Neil Sinclair, Dom Wilson, Carol Coleman, Sandie Henderson.

 Tracy Lewis

Simon Archer

Neil Sinclair

Dom Wilson

Carol Coleman

Sandie Henderson

LCAD – Hidden Voice Photography Exhibition

Hidden Voice Photography Exhibition
18 September – 28 November 2010

In July this year Aidan’s Way partnered with Insight Photography to deliver a series of inclusive photography workshops involving both deaf and hearing participants. He aims of the project where to raise awareness of the issues facing the deaf community in Merseyside,  build confidence and increase self esteem.

 Together they produced a powerful body of work that was first seen as part of the Lord Mayors pageant earlier this year.

LCAD – No Centre No Edge

Art By Addicts
18 September – 28 November 2010

Exhibition of works by victims of addiction. Artists: Mary Braithwaite (curator), Mikey, Lorry Kerwin. Victims of addiction can be creative. These pictures are some of their work.

LCAD – No Centre No Edge

No Centre No Edge
18 September – 28 November 2010

Exhibition of works by the London-based, Nepalese painter, Govinda Prasad Sah.

LCAD – Retouched

Retouched
18 September – 28 November 2010

Retouched will consist of art that attempts to affect the viewer and move them through a journey, crossing a border into the realm of spirit, imagination and thought in the time and space of mind, body and soul in the oneness and connectedness of all. Artists: Peter BarkerGeorge Lund and others.

LCAD – Sgt. Pepper Show 2010

Sgt. Pepper Show 2010
1 – 28 November 2010

Solo show by Frances Walden-Jones giving her own interpretation, in acrylic paint on canvas, to the songs of the Beatles album ‘Sgt.Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band’.

Leaf Tea Shop and Bar – Stuckism on Surrealism: About Beau-tea!

Stuckism on Surrealism: About Beau-tea!
23 – 29 October 2010
Private Viewing: Saturday 23 October 2010, 18.30 – 21.00

Stuckism exhibition of surrealism beauty difference flamboyance and performance extras. Stuckism on Surrealism about beau-tea a celebration of surrealism poetry beauty Stuckism and lovely things.  Stuckism on Surrealism about beau-tea a celebration of surrealism poetry beauty Stuckism and lovely things. Realism and grim life begone!

Liverpool Academy of Arts – Just Lennon

Just Lennon
26 October – 26 November 2010

Original oil and acrylic paintings celebrating John Lennon’s Birthday by local artist Len Ehlen. Part of the Independents Liverpool Biennial strand.

Liverpool Academy of Arts – Sanctum

Sanctum
21 September – 8 October 2010
Private View: Monday 20 September 2010, 18.30 – 21.00
Sanctum
 is the creating of a sacred space within a gallery setting involving all of the arts. Sanctum seeks to nurture and inspire within the participants an experience touching on the nature of god, the holy, the numinous, the divine, love, the eternal, the spiritual and the hopeful from any religious tradition or none.

Liverpool Academy of Arts – Spectrum

Spectrum
26 October – 5 November 2010

An eclectic mix of work by a group of eleven respected Merseyside artists. The title, “Spectrum”, emphasizes both the diversity of their work and the common factor of their love of colour.

 Paintings by Joyce Ellis, Martin Jones, Peter Ellis, Roy Munday, Brian Beattie, Maureen Letts, Irene Wilson, Hazel Gibbons, Sheila Kilroy. Ceramics by Chris Hughes. Glass by Ally Noble

Liverpool Cathedral – Earth and Aether

Earth and Aether
16 September – 12 December 2010
Open Day 18 September 2010, 10.00-13.00 and 14.00 to 17.00

A site specific installation in The Chapter House of Liverpool Cathedral by artists in residence, Lin Holland and Jane Poulton. This new work commissioned for The Chapter House uses a variety of evocative materials including gold, mirror and red sandstone – the material from which the Cathedral is made.

Liverpool Cathedral – Taming Smoke by Amanda Griffiths

Taming Smoke by Amanda Griffiths
4 – 29 September 2010
Private View: Friday 3 September 2010 18.00 – 20.00

A collection of smoke fired ceramics with drawings, paintings and photographs to show the underlying creative practice.

Liverpool ONE and St Johns Centre – Where is the Heart of Liverpool?

Where is the Heart of Liverpool? (formerly titled Are You Served?)
8 – 11 October 2010

Interactive Performance: Using a mobile, compact cart Charlotte Andrew will move between the St Johns centre and Liverpool One. Her aim is to collect anecdotes of the shift in the heart of Liverpool.

Mello Mello – How it works (a day in the death of Michael Roerty Parts 1-7)

How it works (a day in the death of Michael Roerty Parts 1-7)
1 – 14 October 2010

An exhibition by Billy Cupboard. A autobigraphical account of the artist known as Michael Roerty, in paint and in sculpture. Showcasing Parts 1-6 of the exhibition, with Part 7 currently on show in the Best of Merseyside Exhibition, at the Conservation Centre in Liverpool.

Merseyrail’s Station Network – Liverpool Urban

Liverpool Urban
22 November 2010 – 31 January 2011

Extending his Rush Hour series, Liverpool born artist, Mark Willcox, creates new works in Liverpool City Centre’s railway stations for exhibition across Merseyrail’s station network.

Metal at Edge Hill Station – Dream Machine

Dream Machine
15 September – 23 October 2010
Opening on the 180th Anniversary of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, inside the buildings of the oldest existing passenger railway station still in use, this exhibition will celebrate the first journey taken between two cities through a series of large-scale works which reflect on time, routine, repetition, direction and discipline; qualities that all inform the artistic process. Featuring artists: 

Gareth Brew

Nicola Dale

Ailis Ni Riain

Phil Lockhart

Tom Palin

Richard Proffitt

Metal at Edge Hill Station – Future Station

Future Station
6 – 20 November 2010

Exhibition and series of events from Metal’s Future Station group, expect poetry, live music, film screenings, lively debate and installations.

Metropolitan Cathedral – Art and Craft Guild of Lancashire Exhibition

 Art and Craft Guild of Lancashire Exhibition
22 – 26 September 2010

A selling exhibition of art and designer/maker collectible pieces made by members of the Guild residing in Lancashire. The members of the Art and Craft Guild will be returning to the Gibberd Room in the Metropolitan Cathedral once again for their Biennial Exhibition.

Metropolitan Cathedral Lutyens Crypt – Private Views Made Public

Private Views Made Public
17 – 19 September 2010

This stunning screen installation invites you as the viewer to share a unique viewpoint and moment of contemplation as you look out across six spectacular landscapes along mid-Cheshire’s Sandstone Ridge that roll through night and day, season through season. The time-lapse films have been created by Patricia MacKinnon-Day and the soundscape by Stuart Borthwick and Tim Dalton.

Mocha Lounge – Hanging in the Balance

 Hanging in the Balance
16 September – 28 November 2010
Private View: 16 September 2010, 18.00 – 20.00

Collis International presents an art exhibition curated by Chantelle Townley. At the dawn of a new decade, a new generation of artists are emerging. The new creatives showcase a unique collection of works, displaying some of the most cutting edge themes and techniques, encompassing a variety of different subjects and mediums.

National Conservation Centre – Art Merseywide

Art Merseywide

24 September 2010 – 16 January 2011

An exhibition showcasing the best artworks from the open exhibitions held throughout 2010 in the Liverpool, Wirral, Sefton, Knowsley, St Helens and Halton boroughs. This exhibition has been developed by galleries outside Liverpool (a grouping of the arts development and gallery officers from the five boroughs).

Norfolk St Studios – Forgotten Alchemy by Dave White

 Forgotten Alchemy by Dave White
18 September – 3 October 2010

An installation by Dave White. An exhibition of recent works documenting ‘Forgotten Alchemy’ the translation of possessions and experiences from childhood to date.

Oomoo Cafe – ‘Experimenting Links’

‘Experimenting Links’
4 October – 28 November 2010

A small exhibition of work by Wendy Johnson looking at city and landscape interaction and that has developed from ceramics into print and felted textiles.

Q Break Cafe – Transitions

 Transitions
6 September – 27 November 2010

Viewing FRIDAY 17 September 18.00 – 21.00
Exhibition of mixed media paintings exploring the new transitional spaces around the edges of Liverpool ONE. The exhibition contains paintings derived from observations on Liverpool’s transition to a major shopping destination.  Artists: Colin Binns, Louise Janvier

Quaker Meeting House – Edward Bruce – Works on Paper

Edward Bruce – Works on Paper
30 September – 27 November 2010

Prints and ink works on paper by Edward Robert Bruce. Edward’s multimedia artistic practice includes drawing, printmaking and public art. His art springs from a sense of place and its languages and symbols.

St. Luke’s Church – Fab Collective present Giraffe

Fab Collective present Giraffe
18 September – 28 November 2010

In these gloomy times the Fab Collective hope to cheer you up and make you smile – or maybe even laugh – with our latest exhibition of photographs.

St. Luke’s Church – Temple to the Sacred Automobile by Tony Phillips

Temple to the Sacred Automobile by Tony Phillips
25 September 2010 – 31 January 2011
Tony Phillips
 is creating a shrine to the motor car at St Luke’s (Bombed Out) Church, as the first phase in a series of permanent and semi permanent artworks to be established in various UK locations.

Tate Liverpool – SOUP is Touched

SOUP is Touched
9 – 21 November 2010

An exhibition by members of the Soup Collective which will be an exploration of the boundaries between motion and emotion, action and object, engaging the relationship between the realms of art and ‘real life’; and the perception and experience of the world around us.

The Black-E – PAX Convention

PAX Convention
16 – 17 September 2010

Two days event that explores the role of Contemporary art in safeguarding intangible cultural heritage.  The programme includes a conference, exhbitions, workshops, performances and mixed-media installations.

The Bridewell Gallery – Investigation

 The Bridewell Gallery – Investigation
23 September – 17 October 2010
Private View: Thursday 23 September 2010 at 18.00

Exhibition featuring new work by Bridewell studio members in response to the building, its history and archive.

The Bridewell Gallery – Squaremile

Squaremile
28 October – 28 November 2010
Private View: Thursday 28 October 2010 from 18.00

Exhibition featuring work from artists from outside the Bridewell who have been invited to engage with and respond to the square mile area around the Bridewell.

The Capstone – Emma Rodgers

 Emma Rodgers at The Capstone
18 September – 12 November 2010. Private View: 23 September 2010, 18.00 – 21.00
Bluecoat Display Centre
 in association with Liverpool Hope University presents an Exhibition celebrating the work of international artist Emma Rodgers. She is one of Britain’s leading ceramic sculptors and an artist who is constantly pushing the boundaries of her work in terms of expression and the use of materials.

The Gallery Liverpool – About Here

About Here
20 September – 17 October 2010
Private View: Friday 17 & Saturday 18 September 19.00 – 21.30

A reralisation of four artists individual interpretation of personal journeys: Exploring the relevance of their environment through line, colour and form within contemporary practice. Artists: Susan Meyerhoff Sharples, Jane Hughes, Wendy Williams and Christine O’Reilly Wilson.

The Gallery Liverpool – Fine Arts and Photography Exhibition

Fine Arts and Photography Exhibition
22 – 29 October 2010
Private View: Friday 22 October 2010, 19.00 – 21.00

Exhibition by students of Fine arts & Photography Advanced Level studies at Alsop High School, Liverpool.

The Gallery Liverpool – Stygmergy

Stygmergy
4 – 11 November 2010
Private View: Thu 4 & Fri 5 November 2010, 19.00 – 21.00

Stygmergy is a mechanism of spontaneous, indirect coordination between agents or actions, where the trace left in the environment by an action stimulates the performance of a subsequent action, by the same or a different agent. Stygmergy is a form of self-organization. Works by various artists; Becs Andrews, Ruth Dillon, Tony Knox, Filippos Tsitsopoulos, Dave Lawrence,  ManasPatachitra, including photography, performance and multi-media.

The Gallery Liverpool – The Elevator Artists collective

The Elevator Artists collective
28 August – 10 September 2010
Art Exhibition by the Elevator Artists collective. Richard Ashworth, Vincent Lavell, Steve Best, Chekhuo Leung, Jacqueline McKenzie, Freida McKitrick, Peter Cameron,  Bill Embery, Charlie Frais, Kim Harley, Ken Bullock, Frank Moore, Steve Strode, Lindsey Moran, Emma Newman, Emma Sumner, Marianna Whitehorn, Daniel John, Dave Garnett

Richard Ashworth

Vincent Lavell

Steve Best

Chekhuo Leung

Jacqueline McKenzie

Freida McKitrick

Peter Cameron

Bill Embery

Charlie Frais

Kim Harley

Ken Bullock

Frank Moore

Steve Strode

Lindsey Moran

Emma Newman

Emma Sumner

Marianna Whitehorn

Daniel John

Dave Garnett

The Gallery Liverpool – The Evans Brothers

The Evans Brothers
12 – 26 November 2010
Private View: Friday 12 November 2010, 19.00 – 21.00

Exhibition of artwork by three Liverpool brothers Dave, Stan and Tony Evans.

The Gallery, Clayton Square – Abstract Art Liverpool

Abstract Art Liverpool
23 September – 10 October 2010

Exhibition of abstract art by various artists.

The Gallery, Clayton Square – Latin Liverpool

Latin Liverpool
4 – 21 November 2010

Latin Liverpool although not identified by one particular geographical location has its space and influence in the spiritual heart of the city which adds to the cities cultural melting pot.

The Gallery, Clayton Square – Life is Like This

Life is Like This
16 – 19 September 2010
Private View: 18 September 2010, 14.00 – 17.00

The alchemy of disability and everyday life. Disability, art and transformation. Disabled artists and their friends tell stories about how impairment impacts on our culture. This will amuse, inform and haunt you. Some themes explored in this exhibition are more suitable for a mature audience. And some are just plain immature.

The Quarter – Paper & Glue

 ‘Paper & Glue’
18 September – 28 November 2010

A selection of recent works by Sophie Gibson at The Quarter, Falkner Street, Liverpool. 

The Sandwich Bureau – ‘Touched and Untouched’ Susan Brown

 ‘Touched and Untouched’ Susan Brown
15 September – 6 October 2010

The Sandwich Bureau hosts an exhibiton of startling and unusual paintings by Susan Brown. Using the medium Hammerite as a starting point oil paint is then applied as an over layer to create interesting effects. The lotus is rooted in the mud but floats on the water without becoming wet or muddy.  This symbolises how one should live in the world untouched by one’s surroundings.

The Six Rooms Gallery – Group 1, 2 & 3

The Six Rooms Gallery – Group 1, 2 & 3
14 September – 27 November 2010

The Six Rooms Gallery is a temporary exhibition space which was set up with the intention of extending the 6th Liverpool Biennial across the water to Wirral, as part of the Independents Liverpool Biennial strand.

 The idea of exhibiting away from Liverpool, came through monthly networking meetings for visual creative people based in Wirral.  One of the many topics raised during the discussions was the lack of exhibition space in the area. After much searching and negotiations, a temporary lease was secured for 26 Argyle Street, Birkenhead, next door to the busy Capitol restaurant.

With a combination of established and new, emerging artists and designers, the group will celebrate the notion of bringing new art, craft, design and architecture  together in one space, exploring the ways in which the artists are able to respond to the Biennial’s theme of ‘Touched’, in their own personal way.

The exhibitions aim to connect with the public by having artists on hand to talk about their own work, and free workshops will be run during the exhibition period.

As there are over 30 artists exhibiting in the space, the exhibitions are split into 3 groups, with a private view for each and a guest local celebrity will open each one.

Exhibition Dates:

• Group 1:  14th September – 5th October 2010 ( Opened by Mark Willcox Chair of Independents Liverpool Biennial)

Artists

Terry Duffy

Theresia Cadwallader

Alison Bailey Smith

Eimear Kavanag

Dan James

Marie Mairs

Brenda Sharp

Rowena Fergusson

Deborah Steggel

Jo Swift

Ainsley Gommon Architects

Kwan May Ling

Amanda Oliphant

• Group 2:   8th October -30th October 2010 ( Opened by Ian Jackson, Director of Art in Liverpool )

Artists:

David Brown

Susan Brown

Bernard Howden

Linda Evans

Barbara Meynell

Wendy Williams

Rob Symington

Toni Hughes

May Chong

Cathy Wu

Barry Canning-Eaton

Carolyn Shepherd

• Group 3:   4th November – 27th November 2010 ( Opened by John Gorman). Additional Viewing 12th November- with a special guest Frank Field MP

Artists:

Stephen Bird,

Susan Boardman,

Christine O’Reilly Wilson,

Helen Chatterton,

Sarah Jerath,

Barbara Harrison,

Dot Rowe,

Marie Williams,

Angie McCormick,

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

 STIGMA – Challenging Stigma Through Art.

In Group 1, Artist Daniel James wants to show the dichotomy of love, using umbrellas as a metaphor for the protection love gives and takes. At the Six Rooms Gallery, he intends to comment on Paul McCartney’s  lyrics ‘Can’t buy me love’,  using a floating sky of umbrellas. James believes love should never be a commodity and can never be bought. The artist is asking members of the public to bring along their umbrellas to form part of the exhibition. It does not matter about the condition as ‘love’ is not perfect. He only requests that a label is attached, expressing an experience of love ( be it good or bad) The left umbrellas will then be made into sculptures exhibited within the Six Rooms Gallery courtyard. Above the courtyard will be the floating sky of umbrellas forming the image of love.

There will also be a workshops by: Alison Bailey Smith (jewellery from recycled materials), Wendy Williams (making art using recycled plastic bags) and Marie Williams. Date to be confirmed.

Supporting Birkenhead Youth Club.

The Stables Gallery – Collections Exhibition & Christmas Preview

The Stables Gallery – Collections Exhibition & Christmas Preview
9 November – 31 December 2010
Private View: 9 November 2010, 15.00 – 20.00

Collections Exhibition by Wirral based artist group Quatre. Also, preview our Christmas Treasures, start your shopping early this year!
Quatre arists: Alison Dooley, Janet Vance, Maggie Reid, Samantha Dooley, Judith Smith, Joanne Dickson.

The Stables Gallery, Brimstage Hall – Layers of Life

 Layers of Life
18 September – 31 October 2010

Exhibition by Alison Dooley. A collection of mixed media pieces inspired by the layers and textures of life and the surrounding environment.

The Vitreum – Liverpool Life

Liverpool Life
20 September – 15 October 2010

Viewing Wednesday 22 September 16.00 – 18.00
Liverpool – the place & its people explored in contrasting ways by 3 of the region’s leading photographers: Jim Connolly captures the legendary humour whilst Colin Serjent zooms in on the city’s surfaces and Frank Meaney celebrates the panoramic splendour of the architecture.

The Vitreum – Neil Morris: Master Printmaker

Neil Morris: Master Printmaker
5 November – 15 December 2010

A retrospective of one of the region’s leading printmakers. Neil Morris is Reader in Printmaking at LJMU and this exhibition covers 30 years of innovative image making.

Toxteth Town Hall – Voice and Visibility

 Voice and Visibility
23 – 25 September 2010

An installation based upon memory and experience. The exhibition organised by Alice Lenkiewicz and Richard Ashworth. Artists, members of the community and Sola Arts collaborate on a project for the Toxteth Town Hall in the beautiful newly restored meeting room. Found objects, poems, memorabilia, form a spontaneous artwork that expresses the ideas and heritage of people coming together, living and working in the Toxteth Community.

Tracy Lewis Studio – Welcome to My World – Ethical Art at Home

Welcome to My World – Ethical Art at Home
18 September – 28 November 2010 (by Appointment)
Open Days: 9 October & 13 – 14 November 2010

Artist Tracy Lewis is opening her house, studio and garden. Other artists works will be on show. Artists: Tracy Lewis,

Tim Cole

Neil Sinclair

Mike Kerslake

Steve Gent

Dom Wilson

Julian Taylor

Jeff & Heather Allen

Unity Theatre – 30 Years Present

Unity Theatre – 30 Years Present  
7 September – 2 October 2009

A celebration of 30 years of unitytheatre in Hope Place featuring work by over 30 artists.

Unity Theatre – Tabula Rasa

 Tabula Rasa: Theatre – Ritual – Communion
18 September  – 28 November 2010

The UnityTheatre is housed in a former synagogue: this piece looks at the parallels between theatre, religious ritual, performance and communion. An installation by Alexandra Wolkowicz and Jon Barraclough for the Unity Theatre, Liverpool to mark its 30th year. Be filled with magic and food for the soul. Manna from heaven.

Various venues & online – Mothman Comic Book

 Mothman Comic Book
Venues in Liverpool and Online
17 September – 30 November 2010

A comic book inspired by Tony Knox’s Dysfunctional character Mothman. Artists: Tony Knox in collaboration with Anna McDade, Steph Fletcher and Eight Patachitra masters: Anwar Chitrakar, Bahadur Chitrakar, Manu Chitrakar, Jaba Chitrakar, Yakub Chitrakar, Karuna Chitrakar, Baku Chitrakar, Suman Chitrakar.

Various Venues – Found A Pound

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City-wide 

18 September – 24 November 2010
There will be pound coins hidden in the galleries of Liverpool. Found a Pound is a creative treasure hunt to find hundreds or maybe thousands of £1 coins hidden in the art galleries and public spaces of Liverpool during the 2010 Biennial.

Various Venues – Reverse The Wave

 Reverse The Wave.

 Various locations around Liverpool City Streets. Artist: Deena DeNaro-Bickerstaffe
16.09.2010 – 18.09.2010 and then weekend evenings throughout the Biennial.
“Reverse the Wave” is a ‘Subvertisement’ that brings Nokia’s brand identity closer in alignment to its actions. In the style of Ad-Busters Magazine and the Yes Men it offers “Brand Identity Correction” for a corporation who has put profits above privacy and basic human rights.

Various venues – Wirral Open Studio Tour (Artists In Our Midst)

Wirral Open Studio Tour (Artists In Our Midst)
13 -14 November 2010 at various artists’ studios
Private View: Friday 12 November 2010, 19.00 – 21.00 at Hoylake Community Centre

Wirral Open Studio Tour. An open studio tour event in the Wirral where visitors can visit the various studios and meet the artists. Maps will be available in Wirral libraries and at the Independents Hub nearer to the event.

View Two Gallery – Chaosmos 2010

Chaosmos 2010
7 September – 2 October 2010 Extended to 30 October (2nd floor only)
Chaosmos
 is an arts initiative that aims to research and develop the production of an array of mixed media artwork, animations, video and live art. It is curated by Chris Boyd, the Lead Artist, and platforms a collection of international and renowned art in a unique exhibition that investigates turbulent visual planes within the conceptual framework of Chaosmos (a Joycean coinage).

View Two Gallery – An Antidote to the Ghastly Turner Prize

An Antidote to the Ghastly Turner Prize
7 October – 30 November 2010
Private View: Thursday 7 October 2010, 18.00 – 21.00

Exhibition by several Stuckist artists.

View Two Gallery – Pablo de Lillo

Pablo de Lillo
7 – 30 October 2010

Spanish artist Pablo de Lillo uses drawing, painting, sculpture or collage to develop his work of shaped formal presence and symbolic ambiguity in a calculated installation that enhaces the dialogue between the work and the viewer.

Walton Cornerstone – ImAgin’

ImAgin’
9 – 28 November 2010
Private View: 9 November 2010, 13.00 – 15.00 and 19.00 – 21.00

Ordinary people who just happen to be over 50 explore their self-image in relation to typical ‘over 50s’ stereotypes. Artists: Jacqueline Boylan, Maddie Bell and others tbc.

Williamson Tunnels Heritage Centre – Come Into View

‘Come Into View- The Surface Collective
8 – 22 October 2010
Private View: Friday 8 October 2010, 18.00 – 21.00 
(Admission to the tunnels is free during the Private View event)
The Surface Collective, a diverse group of nine national and international artists, have come together to create a multi-disciplinary, site specific exhibition. Artists: Pamela Sullivan, Lucy Jones, Richard Robinson, Pauline Walmsley, Oliver Lomax, Siobhan Carmichael, Laura Ferguson, Bronek Kram, Maria Stuart.

Wolstenholme Creative Space – Album

Album

18 September – 17 October 2010
Private View: 17 September 2010, 18.00 – 21.00

Album is an exhibition comprised of new and existing works by 17 young artists currently studying on the RCA’s renowned Photography MA course in London. Working across the disciplines of photography, film and video, new site-specific works, which seek to respond to the particularities of the city will be produced and shown for the first time.

Wolstenholme Creative Space – With These Walls We Are Shaped

With These Walls We Are Shaped

28 October – 28 November 2010

Private View: Wednesday 27 October 2010, 18.00 – 21.00

This exhibition, curated by Priya Sharma and Caroline Smith, will showcase the artists’ varying concepts and reactions to such a unique environment. They explore being touched by both the walls of the places and environments we inhabit, as well as the walls and structures we create within our awareness in relation to others, feelings and communication.