The Kingpins, “Hieronymus Posh”, Commissioned by Liverpool Biennial “International 06 “
Liverpool Biennial 16 September – 26 November
Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art
The Tea Factory 82 Wood Street Liverpool L69 1XB UK
http://www.biennial.com
Paintings selected by Tracey Emin, pavements of shattered glass from Mexico City, work by the cream of Britain’s art school graduates, a football pitch designed as an obstacle course, and Panamanian Bus Painters transforming the city’s public transport – are just a taste of what can be expected in galleries and temporary locations throughout Liverpool.
is made up of these core programmes:
• Urban myths and the bittersweet success of regeneration are strong focal points in the International 06 exhibition. Inspired by Liverpool’s people, history and built environment, the exhibition promises 35 new commissions, half of which will be sited in the public realm. International 06 responds to the personal readings of Liverpool made by consultant curators Gerardo Mosquera and Manray Hsu. Both see art channelling energy into and within the city. Manray Hsu makes use of metaphors drawn from the Internet and from traditional Chinese medicine, while Gerardo Mosquera’s ‘reverse colonialism’ returns the flow of energy along the city’s historic geographic vectors to explore Liverpool here and now. The show’s route through the city punctuates the built environment.
• John Moores 24 Exhibition of Contemporary Painting is the UK's most prestigious and longest-running national open painting competition. Organised by National Museums Liverpool and supported by the John Moores Exhibition Trust and the aFoundation, the exhibition has been hosted by The Walker Art Gallery since 1957. Celebrating the vitality of contemporary British painting, it is open to artists living and working in the UK and offers a first prize of £25,000. This year's jury comprises of artists Sir Peter Blake and Tracey Emin with former John Moores prizewinner Jason Brooks, curator Ann Bukantas and Director of Visual Art at the British Council, Andrea Rose.
• Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2006 is the annual exhibition by students and recent graduates of Fine Art colleges throughout the UK. Established in 1949, New Contemporaries is recognised for supporting new work and artists at the start of their professional careers. The selectors are artists Alison Wilding, Angus Fairhurst and Paul Noble. Bloomberg New Contemporaries takes place at Greenland Street, Liverpool’s major new contemporary art centre run by A Foundation which launches with exhibitions, events, talks and screenings during the Biennial.
• International + is the Biennial’s learning and inclusion programme, through which participants are given the opportunity to discover and express their own creativity as well as accessing the creativity of others. This programme of activity is closely linked with International 06.In addition, there will be a penumbra of exhibitions assembled under the name of the Independents Biennial, organised specifically by Liverpool based artists, independent curators and their networks.
