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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160318T180000
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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/corke-gallery-life-on-the-left-i
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SUMMARY:Corke Gallery: Corke Gallery: Life on the Left in Liverpool
DESCRIPTION:Private View: Friday 18 March 2016\, 18.00 -20.00\n\nLife on t
 he Left in Liverpool\nThe collection of John and Veronica Gibson 1954 -201
 5\n\nGallery Open: 13.00 - 17.00\, Wed–Fri from 23 – 31 March 2016 and
  from 13–29 April 2016\n\nAt the direction of the Communist Party\, to w
 hich they were both committed\, John and Veronica moved to Liverpool in Ja
 nuary 1962\, setting up home in Ampthill Road\, Aigburth. It became a cent
 re of political education for many\, a venue for meetings\, a place to sta
 y for visitors from across the globe\, and a family home for them and thei
 r four children.\n\nTheir collection of original art and prints reflects t
 heir range of interests\, including politics and the working class\, the U
 SSR and other socialist countries\, and Liverpool itself. Their left-wing 
 associations meant encounters with a wide range of local artists such as A
 rthur Dooley and Brian Burgess\, from whom they purchased items in the ear
 ly days when money was short.\n\nIn addition\, Veronica's passion for the 
 city in which she was born\, and from which she was evacuated in 1939\, le
 d to a number of acquisitions related to Liverpool. John and Veronica were
  married in Chester in 1954. John died in 2003\, and Veronica in late 2015
 .\n\nThe exhibition includes original paintings by Brian Burgess\, Fred Wi
 lde\, Frank Hendry\, T Weddel\, E Scott Jones\, East European lino and woo
 d cut prints\, signed prints of Liverpool scenes by Doug Kewley and Peter 
 Shaw and a diverse collection of other works by East European and other lo
 cal.\n\nA historical highlight in the show is the painting of the Russian 
 freighter SS YUZHNY BUG berthed in the Old Dock in Garston\, painted in Ja
 nuary 1972 by the ships electrician Nikolai and presented to the Gibson pr
 ior to its departure. The ship had been impounded and the crew were left w
 ith no access to supplies of food or money to buy provisions. It was John 
 and Veronica who helped feed and look after the crew until money was sent 
 to the Captain from Russia.\n\nThe show also includes rare posters from th
 e USSR and a number of official portraits of leading Communist figures inc
 luding one of Lenin which was hung on the wall of the Captain’s Cabin in
  the film Letter to Brezhnev when it was filmed in Liverpool.\n\nEntry to 
 the exhibition is free most of the work on show is available to purchase.\
 n\nThe show is open from 1– 5pm\, Wed–Fri from\n23 – 31 March 2016\n
 and from\n13–29 April 2016.\n\nFull details available on the gallery web
 site at www.corkeartgallery.co.uk.\n\n  
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