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John Moores Painting Prize 2010 – Shortlist

Published by Ian Jackson on September 2, 2010 18:57 in Art Preview. 1 Comment Tags: , , .

No, I don’t know who the winner is (despite my best efforts to find out) but…

UK’s largest painting prize shortlist – John Moores Painting Prize

Puddles, pleasure and protest all feature in this year’s John Moores Painting Prize, which opens at the Walker Art Gallery from 18 September 2010 to 3 January 2011.

45 paintings shortlisted from almost 3,000 entrants cover traditional themes of portraiture, landscape, still lives and abstracts but their execution and direction are far from old fashioned, proving the vitality and power of contemporary painting.

Artists have drawn inspiration from a wide range of sources. Examples include:

Protest, 1st April 2009 by Nicholas Middleton, 2010 Oil on canvas (117 x 203.5 cm)

Protest, 1st April 2009 by Nicholas Middleton, 2010 Oil on canvas (117 x 203.5 cm)

•    Protest, 1st April 2009 by Nicholas Middleton, a photorealist painting of the G20 demonstrations outside the Bank of England in 2009, where newspaper vendor Ian Tomlinson died.

Puddle Painting: Dioxazine by Ian Davenport, 2009 Acrylic paint on stainless steel mounted on aluminium panel (250 x 250 cm)

Puddle Painting: Dioxazine by Ian Davenport, 2009 Acrylic paint on stainless steel mounted on aluminium panel (250 x 250 cm)

•    Puddle Painting: Dioxazine by Ian Davenport was created with heavy duty syringes pouring paint down a panel. The repeated stripes of colours form relationships and a rhythm inspired by patterns in music.

Episodical by Darren Coffield, 2010 Acrylic on canvas (96 x 81 cm)

Episodical by Darren Coffield, 2010 Acrylic on canvas (96 x 81 cm)

•    Episodical by Darren Coffield explores the world of images and ideology with an intriguing portrait of Christopher Reeve’s iconic Superman.

Refractions (Robert Hooke) by Jason Thompson, 2010 Enamel paint and varnish on plywood (33.7 x 28 cm)

Refractions (Robert Hooke) by Jason Thompson, 2010 Enamel paint and varnish on plywood (33.7 x 28 cm)

•    Refractions (Robert Hooke) by Jason Thompson is a colourful geometric image, constructed through multiple layers which contradict and overlay each other.

For Your Pleasure by Philip Diggle, 2009 Oil on canvas (92 x 75 cm)

For Your Pleasure by Philip Diggle, 2009 Oil on canvas (92 x 75 cm)

•    For Your Pleasure by Philip Diggle is a vibrant abstract painting full of texture and energy.

The exhibition forms a key part of the Liverpool Biennial.

For the first time in the history of the competition the announcement of the winner will be broadcast live on the internet on Thursday 16 September 2010 at: www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/johnmooreslive.

The full list of shortlisted artists:
1.    Cornelia Baltes: THERE YOU ARE!
2.    Jon Braley: Untitled
3.    GL Brierley: Jilly Jiggy
4.    Deborah Burnstone: Freeway
5.    Darren Coffield: Episodical
6.    Keith Coventry: Spectrum Jesus
7.    Edward Coyle: Multiplicity study
8.    Theo Cuff: Untitled
9.    Stuart Cumberland: YLLW240
10.    Ian Davenport: Puddle Painting: Dioxazine
11.    Philip Diggle: For Your Pleasure
12.    Tim Ellis: United in Different Guises XXXXIII
13.    Geraint Evans: An Alpine Biodome
14.    Adam Fearon: Untitled
15.    Damien Flood: Drip
16.    Nick Fox: Metatopia
17.    David Fulford: Near the Site
18.    Mikey Georgeson: Untitled (Dopamine – Molecule of Intuition)
19.    Chris Hamer: Crook
20.    Andy Harper: Frau Troffea
21.    Richard Harrison: Mountain Peaks
22.    Sigrid Holmwood: Butchering a Pig
23.    Phil Illingworth: 3D painting No.1 (experiments with colour reflection)
24.    Lee Johnson: The Kerchief or Dr Olfato’s Welcome
25.    Neal Jones: Orange Paving
26.    Joseph Long: Hortus Botanicus
27.    Elizabeth McDonald: Bee Keepers I
28.    Nicholas Middleton: Protest, 1st April 2009
29.    Michael Miller: Suspended Animation
30.    Matthew Mounsey: Prehistoric Sex Machine
31.    Jost Münster: To the left
32.    Cara Nahaul: Somewhere between prayer and agenda
33.    Narbi Price: Untitled See Saw Painting
34.    Steven Proudfoot: The Party
35.    Sabrina Shah: Witness
36.    Annabelle Shelton: Helter Skelter Runway
37.    George Sherlock: Polycrylic Decades
38.    Michael Simpson: Bench Painting Untitled
39.    Henrietta Simson: Giotto’s Template
40.    Veronica Smirnoff: Lubo
41.    Ian Peter Smith: Matter at the edge
42.    Daniel Sturgis: Still Squallings
43.    Geraldine Swayne: Industrialist on Wheels
44.    Jason Thompson: Refractions (Robert Hooke)
45.    Christian Ward: Frontier Monument

Published by Ian Jackson on September 2, 2010 18:57 in Art Preview. 1 Comment Tags: , , .

John Moores Painting Prize China 2010 – Winners Announced

Published by Ian Jackson on September 2, 2010 17:45 in News. 0 Comments Tags: , .
Winning painting 'Big Plane' by Han Feng

Winning painting 'Big Plane' by Han Feng

The first John Moores Painting Prize China took place at Shanghai Gallery of Art  14th – 30th August 2010.

The five Chinese Prizewinners will form part of the exhibition John Moores Painting Prize at Walker Art Gallery 18 September 2010 – 3 January 2011, one of the highlights of the Liverpool Biennial.

The judging panel for the inaugural John Moores Painting Prize China was
Lewis Biggs (Artistic Director, Liverpool Biennial)
Peter Jenkinson (former Director of the New Art Gallery Walsall)
Peter McDonald (artist, First Prizewinner JMPP 2008)
Gu Wenda (artist)
Zeng Fanzhi (artist)

The 5 Chinese Prizewinners chosen by the panel are:
Zou Tao
Zhang Wei
Zhang Zhenxue
Li Zhouwei
Han Feng – the overall winner.

It is hoped the John Moores Painting Prize China will become a regular biennial event and the exchange of prize-winning paintings for exhibition in Liverpool and Shanghai will continue as an official form of cultural exchange between UK and China.

Published by Ian Jackson on September 2, 2010 17:45 in News. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Laura Davis meets the local artists short-listed for the John Moores Painting Prize

Published by Ian Jackson on August 21, 2010 10:12 in Art Preview. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Lookimg forward to this show as ever, people always want to know who, if any, are the local artists. Laura Davis has the answer.

JM2010 exhibition on show 18 September 2010 – 3 January 2011 at the Walker Art Gallery.

Liverpool Daily Post – Entertainment – Liverpool Arts – Arts editor Laura Davis meets the local artists short-listed for the prestigious John Moores Painting Prize.

Published by Ian Jackson on August 21, 2010 10:12 in Art Preview. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Journey to the Lower World by Marcus Coates at Walker Art Gallery

Published by Ian Jackson on July 29, 2010 13:48 in Art Review. Closed Tags: .
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Head of fine art, Ann Bukantas, takes a close look at the video

This interesting and humourous video has just appeared in room 14 at the Walker. It’s on 2 screens, the one to the left is blank for a lot of the time but then shows an enactment of the artist’s journey (to the lower world – via the lift) whilst in his trance-like state.

Journey to the Lower World by Marcus Coates – New acquisition for the Walker Art Gallery

A film artwork based in a Liverpool housing estate by the influential contemporary artist Marcus Coates goes on display for the first time in the city at the Walker Art Gallery from 1 August 2010 to early 2011.

Journey to the Lower World, a major piece of work by Coates, was purchased by the gallery with the help of the Contemporary Art Society’s Acquisitions Scheme. The film is an exciting addition to the gallery’s internationally renowned collection.
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Published by Ian Jackson on July 29, 2010 13:48 in Art Review. Closed Tags: .

Two Important Stubbs Paintings on Loan to the Walker

Published by Ian Jackson on July 6, 2010 13:13 in Art Review and News. Closed Tags: , .
George Stubbs. Mares and Foals, painted about 1764. © The Duke of Westminster’s Collection

George Stubbs. Mares and Foals, painted about 1764. © The Duke of Westminster’s Collection

STUBBS LOAN FROM DUKE OF WESTMINSTER’S COLLECTION (ENDS 3 OCT 2010) at The Walker Art Gallery.

Two important paintings by Liverpool-born artist George Stubbs (1724-1806) are on loan to the Walker Art  Gallery from The Duke of Westminster’s Collection.

They were commissioned by his ancestor, the Baron Grosvenor (later 1st Earl Grosvenor). Like many English aristocrats in the 18th century he delighted in breeding racehorses and hunting.

The paintings join other Stubbs works from the Walker Art Gallery’s own collection, showing his remarkable talent in painting a variety of animals. The Walker’s paintings include The Lincolnshire Ox, A Horse Frightened by a Lion and Molly Longlegs.

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Published by Ian Jackson on July 6, 2010 13:13 in Art Review and News. Closed Tags: , .

A Parisian Weekend at the Walker

Published by Ian Jackson on July 1, 2010 22:27 in Art Preview. Closed Tags: , .

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More news from the Walker..

A weekend in Paris
3 and 4 July 2010
11am – 4pm

This weekend we’re celebrating the work of Toulouse-Lautrec. Join us for an action-packed weekend of themed events including workshops, talks and music for adults and families to enjoy.

Audience:  Suitable for all – events available for adults and families
Booking: Collect tickets for talks on the day. Family workshops are drop-in sessions, no ticket required.

Workshops
Postcards from Paris

The work of Toulouse-Lautrec evokes the exciting and theatrical atmosphere of Paris in the 19th century. Imagine you are in Paris enjoying the high life and join us in making a Parisian postcard to send home!

Just like Lautrec

Using simple step by step methods, this Workshop will show you how to create your own Toulouse-Lautrec inspired drawings.

Marvellous Masks

The posters and prints of Toulouse-Lautrec show the glamour and style of 19th century Parisian theatre. Join us and have a go at making your own glamorous theatre mask!

Audience: 5 years +
Booking:  Drop-in session, no ticket required

Tours

Toulouse-Lautrec and his contemporaries

11am, 1pm and 3pm
Paul O’Keeffe explores the heights and depths of nineteenth-century French society through the works of Toulouse-Lautrec and his contemporaries.

Audience: Adults
Booking:  Collect ticket from welcome desk
Location: Special exhibitions

Music performances

Saturday:

Bal Folk et Bal-musette
12- 12.45pm, 1.30-2.15pm, 3-3.30pm

Bal-Musette derives from earlier country music and dance styles. Join us for French inspired music played by Sian Phillips on accordion, Carol Turner on nyckelharpa and Paul Sherwood on vielle à roué.

Audience: All
Booking:  Drop-in session, no tickets required
Location: First floor landing

Sunday:

Musette and Gypsy Swing
12- 12.45pm, 1.30-2.15pm, 3-3.30pm

French inspired music played by Helen Maher on accordion with Djangobop, Matt Wells and Dave Stearstree on guitars.

Audience: All
Booking:  Drop-in session, no tickets required
Location: First floor landing

Thanks to Dave Ellwand (www.DaveEllwand.co.uk) for providing consultancy services.

Published by Ian Jackson on July 1, 2010 22:27 in Art Preview. Closed Tags: , .

Wolfgang Tillmans to exhibit at the Walker Art Gallery, Sept 2010

Published by Ian Jackson on July 1, 2010 22:03 in Art Preview. 2 Comments Tags: , .

Exciting news from the Walker…

Wolfgang Tillmans

Turner-prize winning artist exhibits at the Walker Art Gallery

A group of works by German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans goes on public display for the first time among the Walker Art Gallery’s permanent collection, during the Liverpool Biennial from 18 September to 12 December 2010.

The exhibition features nine photographic works, dating from 2004 to 2009, recently acquired by the Arts Council, as well as a number of works from Tillmans’ own collection.

The photographs will be displayed as installations and interventions, curated by Tillmans, around the gallery.

The installations reflect the artist’s very personal response to the Walker Art Gallery’s distinguished permanent collection drawing out connections between his own work and traditional genres such as still life, landscape and portraiture. His selection ranges across a broad span of art history, including the gallery’s medieval and renaissance collection, a painting by one of Liverpool’s most famous artists, George Stubbs and contemporary masters, such as Patrick Caulfield.

The Walker Art Gallery’s head of fine art, Ann Bukantas says: “We are very excited to be working with Wolfgang Tillmans on this exhibition which promises to reinterpret some of the Walker Art Gallery’s best-known works.

“For an artist like Tillmans the installation functions as a work of art in its own right. Through his interventions he invites us to consider the relationship between works and the locations in which they sit, rather than simply looking at an individual piece.

“Tillmans is one of the most exciting and innovative artists of his generation so we are thrilled to be showing his work during the Liverpool Biennial and we are very grateful to the Arts Council Collection for making it possible to bring such an important group of works to the Walker Art Gallery.”

Head of the Arts Council Collection, Caroline Douglas says: “We are delighted to be able to debut this outstanding new acquisition at the Walker Art Gallery.  The project is emblematic of the kind of imaginative collaboration the Arts Council Collection can have with important museums in Britain. The exhibition demonstrates that art is a continuum, across centuries, a conversation that goes on beyond generations and one that we are all a part of.”

The Arts Council acquired the nine works by Tillmans as a partial gift from the artist and with a grant from leading independent charity The Art Fund.

http://liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/walker/

Published by Ian Jackson on July 1, 2010 22:03 in Art Preview. 2 Comments Tags: , .

Artwork of the Week – Albert Moore

Published by Ian Jackson on June 28, 2010 09:37 in Art of the Week. Closed Tags: .

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Liverpool artwork of the week 2010-26. ‘A Summer Night’ by Albert Moore c.1887-90 in The Walker Art Gallery.

The nights have been very hot lately.

Moore’s paintings were influenced by his study of Greek sculpture and Japanese art. He was also a proponent of the high Victorian idea of “art for art’s sake”. This was the concept of formal, aesthetic qualities taking prominence over moral or narrative content within a piece. His rhythmically posed female figures, combined with decorative accessories, were vehicles for the exploration of an abstract language of form, colour, line and pattern.

‘A summer night’ shows four women preparing for sleep on a luxurious balcony overlooking a moonlit lagoon. Despite the deliberate lack of story or allegorical meaning, a note of eroticism is evident. This was common to Moore’s and many other Victorian artists’ work.

The Walker Art Gallery

Published by Ian Jackson on June 28, 2010 09:37 in Art of the Week. Closed Tags: .