Tate Liverpool

What links Pablo Picasso to Paul Cézanne? A Grayson Perry ceramic to a Cindy Sherman photograph? Explore the links between artists and artworks in our updated display of the Tate collection, DLA Piper Series Constellations.

Showing the very best of the Tate collection (the national collection of modern and contemporary art) this display presents artworks in ‘constellations’ or clusters, encouraging visitors to discover similarities between works of art that at first glance, may seem very different.

At the heart of each constellation is a ‘trigger’ artwork, chosen for its profound and revolutionary effect on modern and contemporary art. Surrounding the trigger works are artworks that relate to it and to each other, across time and location. Visitors to constellations can enjoy an imaginative display of art works by Henri Matisse, Barbara Hepworth, Marcel Duchamp, Joseph Beuys, Rachel Whiteread, Glenn Ligon and many, many more.

Those visiting Liverpool to see Peter Blake’s spectacular Dazzle Ferry and installation in Tate Liverpool’s café will be particularly delighted to see the new ‘pop’ constellation featuring work by Sir Peter Blake, Claes Oldenburg and Richard Hamilton.

Website

http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/display/dla-piper-series-constellations

Take a ride on a ‘dazzling’ new artwork by the Godfather of British pop art Sir Peter Blake.

Liverpool Biennial, 14–18 NOW WW1 Centenary Art Commissions and Tate Liverpool have co-commissioned one of the major figures of British pop art, Sir Peter Blake, to ‘dazzle’ a Mersey Ferry in partnership with Merseytravel and National Museums Liverpool (Merseyside Maritime Museum).

Everybody Razzle Dazzle will see Peter Blake transform Snowdrop – an active Mersey Ferry – with one of his iconic, colourful designs into a fully working Dazzle Ferry.

Step aboard a moving artwork! Travelling on Snowdrop you’ll have the opportunity to learn more about the history of dazzle – a painting technique employed to camouflage British ships – and the role that Liverpool’s much loved Mersey Ferries took in the First World War in a special on-board display.

Suitable for

• Family friendly

Admission

Free to view from the river. Admission to board Dazzle Ship is charged.

Website

http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/exhibition/everybody-razzle-dazzle

Continuing Tate Liverpool’s In Focus series is Emin in Focus featuring Tracey Emin’s (b. 1963) My Bed 1998, one of Britain’s most celebrated works of contemporary art. Exhibited alongside My Bed will be additional works by the artist from Tate’s collection, offering the first dedicated focus of her work ever staged in the north of England.

Website

http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/display/emin-focus

A major figure of post war art, Yves Klein (1928–1962) is renowned for his dazzling monochrome paintings and for pioneering new attitudes on the relationship between art and life. This is the first UK exhibition in over twenty years, exploring in-depth the full range of his work.

Klein’s art sought to express infinite space and immateriality achieved through pure colour, principally his own invented pigment International Klein Blue (IKB). This signature pigment was deployed in painting, sculpture and performance. Klein’s expansive theories led him to use non-conventional materials for making art such as fire and gold leaf. Klein further believed in the expressive potential of the body, from 1958 creating his infamous Anthropométries made by nude models pressing their painted bodies against canvases under his direction.

Website

http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/exhibition/yves-klein

Tate Liverpool presents the first UK retrospective of work by Edward Krasiński (1925–2004), one of Poland’s most significant neo-avant-garde artists. Presenting works from over fifty years, the exhibition spans the artist’s career bringing together a range of his iconic sculptures, interventions and installations.

From early works made in the 1960s to installations made in the 2000s, the exhibition will emphasise his experimental approach to art and exhibition making. Highlights include works made using blue scotch tape which became the artist’s signature. He once remarked, ‘Blue Scotch Tape, 19mm wide, length unknown. I place it horizontally at a height of 130cm everywhere and on everything. I encompass everything with it and go everywhere.’

Admission

£8.00 / £6.00 (includes entrance into Yves Klein)

Website

http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/exhibition/edward-krasinski