BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1986@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20170520 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20180312 DTSTAMP:20170226T212901Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/atkinson-look-animals/ SUMMARY:The Atkinson: The Atkinson: Why Look at Animals DESCRIPTION:Why Look at Animals\n\nThe Atkinson’s new major exhibition  investigates human beings changing  relationship with animals.\n\n‘Why Look at Animals?’ opens on Saturday 20 May and takes as it starting poin t John Berger’s 1977 essay\, where  he looked at our increasing disasso ciation from the animal world since the 18th century.\n\nDrawing on much o f the Arts Council’s collection as well as The Atkinson’s own diverse work. Visitors will see paintings\, sculpture and mixed media work explori ng our  fascination with pets\, and an earlier\, less alienated relations hip with animals. A wide range of media will be featured  including artis ts’ film\, installation art\, paintings and sculpture.\n\nJohn Berger br oke new ground with his penetrating writings on life\, art and how we see the world around us. He explores how the ancient relationship between man and nature has been broken in the modern consumer age\, with the animals t hat used to be at the centre of our existence now marginalized and reduced to spectacle.\n\n‘What were the secrets of the animal’s likeness with \, and unlikeness from man? The secrets whose existence man recognized as soon as he intercepted an animal’s look.\n\nIn one sense the whole of an thropology\, concerned with the passage from nature to culture\, is an ans wer to that question.’Jon Berger\n\nArtists featured in the exhibition c urated by Stephen Whittle\; Museum &\; Gallery Manager at The Atkinson range from Alfred Munnings and Edwin Landseer through to  David Shrigley Laura Ford and Peter Doig. There are also drawings and prints by Queen Vic toria and Prince Albert\, who were taught by Landseer\, on loan from the R oyal Collection.\n\nStephen Whittle\, Museum and Gallery Manager said:\n\n “John Berger’s original essay is so insightful and and beautifully wri tten. Some of the artists in the exhibition have responded directly to the essay\, others are discussed by Berger. We have added in a range of artwo rks and natural history specimens that I hope will help to illuminate the text and present a range of responses to our relationship with the animal world”\n\nTo celebrate the exhibition and the Summer Reading Challenge –The Atkinson will be theming the summer programme around Animals. Famil ies visiting the  venue will be able to enjoy a programme of drop in\, fr ee activities working in partnership with local\, regional and national an imal focused organisations and partners such as RSPB\, Coastal Partnership \, Freshfield Animal Recsue\, Dogs Trust and more!\n\nLook out for the Fam ily films too including Finding Dory\, Beauty and the Beast\, Sing and Jun gle Book. Tickets are only £3.\n\nWhy Look at Animals is on display at Th e Atkinson  from Saturday 20 May – Sunday 11 March 2018 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2017/02/Chow1200.jpg LOCATION:The Atkinson\, Lord Street\, Southport\, Sefton\, PR8 1DB\, Sefton \, United Kingdom GEO:53.646956;-3.006919 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Lord Street\, Southport\, S efton\, PR8 1DB\, Sefton\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=The A tkinson:geo:53.646956,-3.006919 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20170326T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20171029T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR