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:1917@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20170403 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20170903 DTSTAMP:20170430T202843Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/tate-liverpool-constellations-hi ghlights-nations-collection-modern-art/ SUMMARY:Tate Liverpool: Tate Liverpool: Constellations: Highlights from the Nation’s Collection of Modern Art DESCRIPTION:Constellations: Highlights from the Nation’s Collection of Mo dern Art\n\nTate Liverpool\n\n3 April 2017 to 2 September 2018\n\nFREE\n\n Supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art\n\nTate Liverpool prese nts a free new display made up of works by towering post-war American arti sts including Mark Rothko\, Hedda Sterne and Andy Warhol.\n\nEntitled Refi guring American Abstraction it forms part of the gallery’s collection di splay Constellations: Highlights from the Nation’s Collection of Modern Art. The display presents a new account of post-war American painting\, re vealing surprising links between seemingly dissimilar artistic approaches\ ; abstract expressionism\, characterised by a spontaneous approach\, and m ore traditional\, realist styles.\n\nAt the heart of the display is Bernar d Perlin’s Orthodox Boys 1948\, one of the first American works to enter the Tate collection. The painting combines a realist approach with abstra ct expressionism\, expressed in the backdrop of scrawled graffiti on a wal l in downtown New York. Figurative works by Andy Warhol and Larry Rivers s imilarly engage with abstract and improvised styles\, while artists such a s Milton Avery and Lee Bontecou further illustrate the diversity of Americ an art at this time.\n\nMade up of 15 works\, many of which haven’t been displayed in the north of England before\, highlights include\; Head of a Girl and Children 1958–61 by Andy Warhol\, presenting visitors with a l ess familiar work by the iconic pop artist and Untitled 1969 by Mark Rothk o\, one of a group of paintings on paper made after a period of illness wh en he was too weak to work on his customary large-scale canvases.\n\nConst ellations: Highlights from the Nation’s Collection of Modern Art is a un ique presentation of the Tate collection that has been introducing visitor s to both familiar and unfamiliar artists since 2013. Constellations is ma de up of 7 displays\, each focussed around a single artwork revealed to ha ve surprising affinities with a variety of modern and contemporary artwork s. Continuing in the gallery are constellations featuring works by German artist Joseph Beuys (1921–1986)\; French-American sculptor Louise Bourge ois (1911–2010)\; German-American painter George Grosz (1893-1959)\; Eng lish artist L. S. Lowry (1887- 1976)\; American contemporary artist Glenn Ligon (b. 1960)\; and American photographer and filmmaker Cindy Sherman (b . 1954).\n\nRefiguring American Abstraction is curated by Dr Alex Taylor a s part of ‘Refiguring American Art’\, a major research project support ed by the Terra Foundation for American Art\, with Darren Pih\, Exhibition s and Displays Curator\, Tate Liverpool. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2017/02/Bernard-Perlin-Orthodox-Boys-1948-e1487001314405.jpg LOCATION:Tate Liverpool\, Albert Dock\, Liverpool\, L3 4BB\, Liverpool\, Un ited Kingdom GEO:53.4003;-2.9927 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Albert Dock\, Liverpool\, L 3 4BB\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Tate Liverpo ol:geo:53.4003,-2.9927 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20170326T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR