This week our Liverpool art scene meanderings bring you news that Picasso is coming to Liverpool.
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NEWS
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We haven’t been around for a couple of weeks but we are back with the old but good news that Picasso is coming to Liverpool – next Summer that is, to Tate Liverpool.
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A major exhibition bringing together over 150 works by Picasso from across the world will be presented at Tate Liverpool from 21 May to 30 August 2010. Picasso: Peace and Freedom will reveal a fascinating new insight into the artist’s life as a tireless political activist and campaigner for peace, challenging the widely-held view of the artist as creative genius, playboy and compulsive extrovert. This is the first exhibition to explore the post-War period of the artist’s life in depth, and will reflect a new Picasso for a new time. Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the exhibition provides a timely look at Picasso’s work in the Cold War era and how the artist transcended the ideological and aesthetic oppositions of East and West.
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ROUND UP OF THE WEEK
RED WIRE – ‘Apocalypse Now’
25 July – 8 August (Thu – Sun 1pm – 6pm)
Related event: FILM DAY on Saturday 1 August 2009, 11:00 – 23:30
Apocalypse Now will reflect on interpretations of the meaning of an Apocalypse today, and bring together artists from the U.K whose work deals with Apocalyptic themes, from a very contemporary viewpoint to reflect on a very human dilemma.
DOT-ART “Green Pieces ” A New Exhibition by Sophie Green
27 July – 4 September 2009
dot-art’s is pleased to announce a summer exhibition featuring new work by local artist Sophie Green. Sophie produces vivid, engaging and accessible artwork using broad striking paint strokes and a lively, illustrative style.
EGG – Photographic Memory
17 July – 9 August 2009
Group exhibition curated by Headspace. Featuring artwork by: Kylee Beencke; Grahame Caine; Dave Ellison; Claire Freeman; James Goodchild; Eli Pascall-Willis; Mark Peachey; Jackie Stevens
EDITIONS – The Magnificent Seven
9 – 31 July 2009
An exhibition of new prints by seven Liverpool-based illustrators, including etchings, drypoints and screen prints made whilst in residence at the Bluecoat earlier this year.
THIS WEEK
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VIEWING: Slow Magic
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THURSDAY 30 July, 18.00 – 20.00 at the Bluecoat Slow Magic examines different approaches to contemporary painting that are playful and enchanting. Featuring the work of six international artists, the exhibition will offer summer visitors to the Bluecoat lively and colourful show. Exhibition details n
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FESTIVAL: Mellostock
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FRIDAY 31 July – SUNDAY 2 August 2009 at MELLO MELLO Friends of Planet Earth & TAO..! In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, The Art Organisation Liverpool is hosting a one off extravaganza with three whole days of non-stop performance, music, food, film and psychedelic fun. And you are invited!
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VIEWING: Up To Something – The Fab Collective
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FRIDAY 31 July 2009, 18.00 – 20.00 at St. Luke’s Church Liverpool photographers are ‘Up to something’ at St Luke’s in August 2009. If you haven’t already heard of or been photographed by the Fab Collective then make a date for St Luke’s (the ‘bombed out church’ at the top of Bold Street), when the group’s first exhibition of photographs will be held. Exhibition details
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FRIDAY 31 July 2009 at International Slavery Museum
Trafficked is a community exhibition of contemporary photographs highlighting the on-going struggle to combat human trafficking around the world. Through interactive aids and human stories the exhibition reveals the struggle of people whose lives have been affected by this modern-day slave trade, as well as demonstrating the continuing global work to stop it. Exhibition details
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TALK: Vincent Falsetta – Slow Magic
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SATURDAY 1 Aug 2009, 12noon at the Bluecoat American artist Vincent Falsetta talks about his new paintings on display in Slow Magic.
Slow Magic examines different approaches to contemporary painting that are playful and enchanting. Featuring the work of six international artists, the exhibition will offer summer visitors to the Bluecoat lively and colourful show. Exhibition details
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CARNIVAL & FESTIVAL: Brouhaha International Street Festival 2009
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SATURDAY 1 August 2009, 12noon – 19.00 Brouhaha International Carnival, the UK’s largest single piece of moving art returns to take over the streets of Liverpool. Worlds in Princes Park 2009 plays host to two pieces of newly commissioned work. The Mela also returns this year to celebrate the South Asian Culture that has influenced many cultures across the world.
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FILMS: Apocalypse Now Film Day
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SATURDAY 01 August 2009, 11:00 – 23:30 at Red Wire Free all day and night drop in films. To coincide with the Apocalypse Now exhibition we are inviting you to come along and watch awesome apocalypse films and drink cheap lager with us all day and night.
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VIEWING: ‘The Way We Are’ exhibition
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SATURDAY 1 August, 20.00-23.00 (£3 without invitation)The Way We Are exhibition is the curatorial debut of Anna F.C Smith and is the flagship exhibition of North By North Western Arts Festival (Wigan). The show uses the museum format to stand back and understand elements of who we are today. Its narrative then breaks down, questioning whether we can fully be aware of ourselves in the present, and attempts to discover if there really can be truth in the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves. Exhibition detailsn
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FURTHER AHEAD
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OPENS: Black Britannia
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FRIDAY 7 August 2009 at International Slavery Museum Black Britannia showcases 30 inspirational portraits of Black Britons by photographer John Ferguson, celebrating their contribution to British culture and public life over the last few decades. Surgeons, teachers and fire-fighters feature alongside celebrities such as Lewis Hamilton, Frank Bruno, Charlie Williams and Ms Dynamite. Exhibition detailsn
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VIEWING – ‘Decomposition’ by Soup
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WEDNESDAY 19 August 2009, 18.00 – 20.00 at C.U.C. (5F McGarry Room)
This exhibition celebrates Soup’s status in Liverpool’s year of the environment. The task was to respond to our immediate environment, be it personal or public. To explore the space between our home base and our exhibition venue or more specifically the interpretation by the artist to include their living, working or studio space. Exhibition details
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