Liverpool Artists at Shanghai Biennale
“WALK ON” —— A Liverpool exhibition for the 6th Shanghai Biennale - 5 September - 5 November 2006
That's right, there is a Liverpool Exhibition at the Shanghai Biennale right now.
I hope I'm not giving away any secrets here.
Despite being organised by Liverpool Biennial and curated by Brian Biggs, Director of the Bluecoat Arts Centre I have not been able to find any information locally or from their websites or news releases.
It was just lucky I discovered it on the Shanghai website before my daughter flew over there last week. She is trying to find the venue now. Apparently the Biennale people there had no info and the cab drivers can't find it (sound familiar?). Hopefully she will find them tomorrow and send us a review when she gets back.
Liverpool and Shanghai are twin cities. Both stage concurrent international art biennials, and this exhibition by UK artists, being shown during the 2006 Shanghai Biennale, is expected to be the start of an ongoing process of dialogue and exchange between the visual arts in the two cities.
The UK artists selected are based in Merseyside, North Wales and London and all have a relationship to the city of Liverpool. They have been chosen in response to the Shanghai Biennale’s theme of HyperDesign.
The artists:
Burn Philip Jeck
e-space lab Paul Rooney
Common Culture Imogen Stidworthy
Alan Dunn Union North
Leo Fitzmaurice Tom Wood
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Comments
Is Tom Wood related to Dave Wood of Liverpool Pictorial fame?
Posted by: John Tamsy | September 20, 2006 11:19 PM
I have no idea. Seems to be quite a few Dave Woods round here though.
Posted by: Ian Jackson | September 20, 2006 11:29 PM
I am Jonathan Kearney one of the artists in the show 'Walk On'. Yes unfortunately finding your way around Shanghai and finding this exhibition is not easy and I live in China and speak some Chinese!
If anyone want to find this show here are the directions:
take the Metro Line 2 (green Line) to ShiMen Road stop. Exit the underground station from exit 3. You should be on NanJing Road. Turn left and walk along the road for about 400 metres. On you right hand side will be 2 large shopping centres opposite each other at a junction. The furthest shopping centre is the CITIC centre. There are huge banners outside saying 'WALK ON'. Go in and go down to the lower ground floor level and you will see the Salon Vogue and the 'Walk On' exhibition.
I live about 3 hours flight from Shanghai (China is a big country!) but I will be returning to the exhibition in November to host the Shanghai end of a live link between Liverpool and Shanghai. As e-space lab we started this process a year ago and this next live link is planned for Nov 3 or 4, with the Liverpool end probably being hosted at Radio Merseyside's new centre. We will confirm the details as soon as we have them.
Posted by: Jonathan Kearney | September 25, 2006 05:58 AM
i went to the Walk On exhibition in shanghai a couple of weeks ago. easy to find, and the exhibition curator couldn't have been more helpful. apparently, i was the first visitor actually from Liverpool to attend. Strangely, the curator didnt know where the phrase "Walk On" came from. I sang You'll Never Walk Alone for her. Also, she asked who "Jo Lenno" was. She meant John Lennon - but she'd never heard of him either. Still, she was gorgeous.
Posted by: gordon | October 16, 2006 12:23 PM