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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20190928
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20191125
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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/williamson-art-gallery-museum-ch
 ristian-furr-a-retrospective/
SUMMARY:Williamson Art Gallery & Museum: Williamson Art Gallery & Museum: C
 hristian Furr: A Retrospective
DESCRIPTION:THE INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED\, WIRRAL-BORN ARTIST CHRISTIAN FUR
 R IS RETURNING TO THE BOROUGH THIS AUTUMN FOR A RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION O
 F HIS WORK AT THE WILLIAMSON ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM IN BIRKENHEAD. CHRIST
 IAN FURR: A RETROSPECTIVE WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT THE WIRRAL MET COLL
 EGE ALUMNUS’ ARTWORKS WILL HAVE BEEN SHOWN TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE.\n\nIn 
 1995\, aged 28\, Christian Furr became the youngest artist to paint HM Que
 en Elizabeth II after being commissioned by Royal Overseas League – a pr
 int of which will be included in the exhibition. Furr’s successive works
  have adorned the walls of the Saatchi Gallery\, National Portrait Gallery
 \, Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the private collection at the V
 atican. This new exhibition charts his early interests in learning from th
 e figurative tradition and features examples of his more recent collaborat
 ions with other artists. A new self-portrait will also be unveiled for the
  show.\n\nColin Simpson\, Principal Museums Officer for the Williamson sai
 d of Furr’s work: “We are pleased to welcome back to Wirral an artist 
 who has made a substantial career for himself. He embraces variety and div
 ersity\, often collaborating with artists with very different skills\, and
  this mid-career retrospective will allow us all to appreciate both the ra
 nge and the quality of Christian’s work to date.”\n\nThe exhibition is
  open from 28th September until 24th November and\, like all exhibitio
 ns at the Williamson Art Gallery\, is free. We are open Wednesday-Sunday\
 , 10am-5pm.\n\nHighly sought after for his portrait commissions\, the pain
 ter simultaneously follows the strong tradition of representation in Briti
 sh modern and contemporary art throughout his oeuvre. He is collected priv
 ately around the world and features in the permanent collection of the Dor
 chester Collection’s flagship art hotel 45 Park Lane in London. Furr is 
 known as an innovative ‘risk taker’ in the art world due to the eclect
 ic range of his work. He works in different mediums and has been involved 
 in acclaimed art collaborations such as his Staying Alive neon collectio
 n with Chris Bracey and his recent 45RPM collection with the respected m
 usic photographer Gered Mankowitz. Last year\, Colt Technology in London c
 ommissioned Furr to create an art piece for their headquarters. He created
  a neon art piece in the shape of a pair of spectacles using a new nano 
 ‘super-black’ material he initiated with Imperial College scientists 
 in response to Anish Kapoor’s Monopoly of Vantablack.\n\nThe exhibition
  is part of Wirral’s year as Borough of Culture for the Liverpool City
  Region. Cllr Christine Spriggs\, Cabinet Member for Culture and Tourism s
 aid: “We are thrilled that Christian Furr has returned to Wirral to exhi
 bit this fine retrospective of his work as part of Wirral’s Borough of C
 ulture year. His exhibition will inspire the young people of the area to b
 e creative as Christian was by the artwork he saw as a boy in the Williams
 on in Birkenhead and the Walker in Liverpool.”
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 l\, CH43 4UE\, Wirral\, United Kingdom
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