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:6930@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220730T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221223T170000 DTSTAMP:20220916T164510Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/victoria-gallery-museum-arrivals -departures-an-exhibition-by-fion-gunn/ SUMMARY:Victoria Gallery & Museum: Victoria Gallery & Museum: ARRIVALS/DEPA RTURES an exhibition by Fion Gunn DESCRIPTION:Victoria Gallery &\; Museum: ARRIVALS/DEPARTURES an exhibiti on by Fion Gunn\n30/07/2022 – 23/12/22\nOpen Tuesday – Saturday\, 10am – 5pm\nIrish diaspora artist Fion Gunn explores themes of global migrat ion and displacement through paintings\, sculpture and audio-visual instal lation.  She is currently artist-in-residence at the Institute of Irish S tudies and her exhibition is supported by Arts Council England.\nA key the me in the artist’s work is displacement\, whether it be temporary and en riching or chronic and distressing. Perhaps more than ever\, the reality o f living on a knife-edge of political and environmental catastrophe is bei ng realised around the globe. Gunn incorporates the visual language of mig ration\, conflict\, and generational trauma into her work\, begging us to ask “what does the experience of living mean for us both as individuals and as a global society?\nHarry Liu\, Editor in Chief of ArtZip Magazine\, wrote of her work that “even when the images are sorrowful or difficult \, they still give a vision of hope to the viewer”.\nAs a port city stee ped in industrial history and by-water migration\, Liverpool is the ideal home for this body of work\, and has been written into the core of the exh ibition’s goals and outreach. Ports acting as literal and metaphorical e ntrances and exits make appearances throughout Gunn’s portfolio.\nFrom C ork to Shanghai\, Dubai to Alexandria\, Gunn explores what it means to tra vel\, its impact on memory\, its historical weight\, and its power to heal or corrupt us. Globalism in terms of commercial trade but also human expe riential exchange\, is at the core of these works.\n\nWith a portfolio spa nning painting\, collage\, sculpture\, installation\, performance and VR\ , Gunn’s practice is constantly evolving to match the ebbs and flows of her subject matter.\n\nEncompassing panel discussions\, public workshops\ , an immersive digital installation\, an AR pop-up trail\, and guided tou rs\, Gunn’s vision is to bring her art and its satellite discussions to as many people - and in as meaningful a way - as possible.\nFor more inf ormation please visit the Victoria Gallery &\; Museum website ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2022/09/Port-3-Venice-2020-canvasacryliccollagegold-leaf-102-x-102cm.jpg LOCATION:Victoria Gallery & Museum\, Ashton Street\, University of Liverpoo l\, Liverpool\, L69 3DR\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom GEO:53.406158;-2.966418 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Ashton Street\, University of Liverpool\, Liverpool\, L69 3DR\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RA DIUS=100;X-TITLE=Victoria Gallery & Museum:geo:53.406158,-2.966418 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220327T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221030T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR