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:3925@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20180714T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20181028T173000 DTSTAMP:20180814T094013Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/tate-liverpool-liverpool-biennia l-2018-beautiful-world-where-are-you/ SUMMARY:Tate Liverpool: Tate Liverpool: Liverpool Biennial 2018: Beautiful World Where Are You? DESCRIPTION:At Tate Liverpool\, new and existing works are presented by art ists Kevin Beasley\, Dale Harding\, Brian Jungen\, Duane Linklater\, Annie Pootoogook\, Joyce Wieland and Haegue Yang.\n\nHaegue Yang has created a n immersive environment for her sculpture series The Intermediates (2015 -ongoing) in the Wolfson Gallery. Made from artificial woven straw\, The I ntermediates allude to both traditional arts and crafts techniques and mod ern industrial production methods. Representing figures and sites from fol k tales and ancient traditions\, they question definitions of ‘paganism ’. Yang’s environment for these works includes recordings of wildlife taken from the British Library’s sound collection\, a wallpaper juxtapos ing pagan traditions and modern history\, and suspended ribbons that evoke folk traditions such as maypole dancing. Her multisensory\, hybrid enviro nments suggest fleeting connotations of time\, place\, figures and experie nces that connect ‘folk’ traditions and contemporary culture.\n\nOn th e gallery’s top floor\, artists address the complex interactions of race \, nation and culture in settler societies. The presentation brings to the fore work from America\, Australia and Canada that takes up the often vio lent legacies of colonisation while simultaneously revealing the undercurr ents of strength and resilience that have been essential to survival for s ubaltern populations around the globe.\n\nDale Harding is a descendent of the Bidjara\, Ghungalu and Garingbal peoples of Central Queensland\, Aust ralia. He has created a new wall-based work for the gallery that is inspir ed by rock art sites in Queensland and uses a stencil technique practised by the artist’s ancestors. The predominant material is Reckitt’s Blue\ , an ultramarine pigment and optical whitener with strong symbolic power. Produced in the UK and used in Liverpool’s public washhouses\, it travel led along the colonial frontier to Africa and Australia\, where Harding’ s mother used it in her job at a laundry. This new work tells stories of f emale labour in the UK and Australia\, connecting histories from different parts of the globe.\n\nKevin Beasley’s Your face is / is not enough ( 2016) is a sculptural and performance-based installation consisting of twe lve repurposed NATO-issued gas masks stabilised by microphone stands and p aired with altered megaphones. Encased in pigmented foam pierced with ador nments that range from guinea fowl feathers to glass beads\, and further a ltered by sculptural extensions made up of articles of clothing\, each mas k differs from the next. Transforming symbols of control\, Beasley evokes gestures of empowerment and agency within individual and collective acts o f protest\, power and protection. This work was acquired by Tate in 2016 w ith the support of the Tate Americas Foundation\, and this marks the first presentation at one of its sites.\n\nBrian Jungen carves ‘feathers’ from the soles of Nike trainers to create a series of sculptures that rese mble Cheyenne-style war bonnets. These headdresses\, familiar from countle ss Westerns\, address a long history of conflict and the lingering effects of colonisation. They signify the strength and pride of indigenous people today.\n\nThe sculptural works of Duane Linklater consider the notions of cultural loss\, social amnesia and identity from the perspective of the indigenous peoples in Canada. Commenting on the economy of the fur trade\ , they suggest that animals\, even in death\, might retain their spirits o r selfhood beyond the value they possess as commodities. By showing these works for the first time outside of Canada\, the artist invites us to expl ore indigenous traditions and bodies within institutional settings. In the context of a gallery display\, the works reflect Europe’s own coloniali st history\, in which the natural resources and rights of indigenous peopl es were heavily exploited.\n\nAnnie Pootoogook’s drawings serve as a dia ry of the artist’s life and are indicative of the sulijuk (‘true’ or ‘real’) tradition. Pootoogook worked with a singular clarity of vis ion\, often depicting poignant moments of emotion or violence in intimate domestic environments. Immediate and direct in style\, her drawings chroni cle the everyday events of modern Inuit life in the small community of Kin ngait as she saw it. Her realism is at odds with the traditional outdoor s cenes that people have come to expect from Inuit art.\n\nStemming from the artist’s anxiety about the survival of Canada as a nation faced with it s American neighbour to the south\, Rat Life and Diet in North America ( 1968) is a political film by Joyce Wieland. The work tells the story of a group of political prisoners\, imagined as gerbils\, who are held in the United States. Escaping their oppressors\, a role taken on by cats\, the g erbils cross the border into Canada where they will live in peace growing organic foods.\n\nDale Harding is commissioned by Liverpool Biennial and t he Institute of Modern Art\, Brisbane. Annie Pootoogook is curated by Dr N ancy Campbell.\n\n\n\nTate Liverpool is the UK’s most visited gallery of modern art outside of London and is home to the national collection of mo dern and contemporary art. Visitors enjoy world-class exhibitions and free displays\, as well as magnificent views of the building and its surroundi ngs. The gallery is housed within a Grade I listed warehouse and is situat ed at the historic Albert Dock\, the vibrant heart of the UNESCO designate d World Heritage waterfront. 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