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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20210705
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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/kirkby-gallery-steve-randall-kir
 kby-chronicles/
SUMMARY:Kirkby Gallery: Kirkby Gallery: Steve Randall\, Kirkby Chronicles
DESCRIPTION:Steve Randall is a self-taught artist born in Liverpool in 1968
 .\nHis move into the creative world\, triggered by a life changing event i
 n 2014\, came as a big surprise to his family and friends and a massive sh
 ock to him.\nThis selection of oil paintings celebrates Steve’s growing 
 up in Kirkby and tells a very personal story\, a story Steve lays out in t
 he Kirkby Chronicles book which he has written to accompany them.\nSteve s
 ees the work as the external portrayal of happy times\; bright representat
 ions of my childhood\, played out in a town I loved and with people I unde
 rstood. Yet it is painfully clear that I paint in a style that gives me so
 lace.\nI'm very proud of the Kirkby I grew up in and although I haven't li
 ved here since 1985 I will always consider Kirkby my home and still feel l
 oyal to people I haven't seen in over 30 years.\nAs I paint the perspectiv
 e of the street\, I see myself coming back around many corners… this dul
 l estate\, with the homogeneous pebble dashed prison officers’ houses\, 
 was actually a cacophony of colour and noise. Joyous noise and hundreds of
  coming-of-age stories.\nIt’s impossible for me to ever run out of paint
 ing material\; every memory leads onto another more random than the last a
 nd connects me deep to an overriding sense of belonging. This was the time
  I felt most safe. Those Kirkby streets were a protection against an outsi
 de world of which I knew nothing. If it’s strange to think of blocks of 
 brick as beautiful then I’m very strange.\nOpening hours until 28th Aug
 ust are Mondays\, Tuesdays and Fridays\, 10am – 4pm. Visits to the galle
 ry can be booked via emailing: galleries@knowsley.gov.uk / 0151 443 4936
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LOCATION:Kirkby Gallery\, Kirkby Centre\, Norwich Way\, Knowsley\, Knowsley
 \, L32 8XY\, Knowsley\, United Kingdom
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