Design by mike studio
Matthew
Clough and Moira Lindsay, University of Liverpool are curating
a Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings at the newly refurbished
Victoria Gallery and Museum Liverpool. The retrospective will
be a critical overview and selection of significant works by Pete
Clarke from the 1980s to recent paintings including works produced
for Sheffield City Art Gallery from the collections of the Arts
Council and Liverpool University.
The Exhibition also includes a 64 Page catalogue of work
produced by Pete Clarke since his move to Liverpool featuring
critical contextual essays by Matthew Clough and Moira Lindsay,
Victoria Gallery and Museum and Bryan Biggs, Artistic Director
the Bluecoat, Liverpool and a recorded conversation between the
artist and Gabriel Gee, Groupe d'études Interdisciplinaires
en Arts Britanniques. Funded by University of Liverpool, University
of Central Lancashire and the Arts Council England, Grants for
the Arts.
The exhibition and contextual publication will be a platform for
critical discussion and public seminars about the changing face
of the city of Liverpool in terms of its social, political and
cultural history and how contemporary art work can contribute
to a public understanding of social issues and debates.