Tate Liverpool

I enjoyed visiting the Tate Liverpool several times throughout the semester. This is a very individual gallery and is home to many different styles of artwork, this is what makes it inclusive to all types of art lovers no matter their preferred style as it is practically guaranteed that you will find something you are interested in.
One of the most bizarre exhibitions on show in the Tate is the Op Art in focus, this is an optical illusion exhibition which shows pioneering artists who have delved into this type of art from the 1960's all the way to todays artists.
My favourite exhibition within the gallery is the Constellations exhibition, it links so many great artists together through the theme of bringing together the nations collection of modern art under one roof. Artists such as Cindy Sherman and Marcel Duchamp are presented in the same room.
My favourite piece of work on display in the Tate Liverpool was 3rd Action by Rudolf Schwarzkogler, this piece is a morbid feeling photograph that mixes the feelings of mutilation within performance art.

Lyndsay Roberts

Lyndsay Roberts is an outstanding Photographer who came to visit us to give a speech on her photography work and what sector of photography she particularly specialises in. The main point she wanted to highlight was that she wanted to change perceptions of mythology. She also takes part in several different themes of photography including scientific, astro, educational and domestic photography.

Roberts had an extreme in depth knowledge of photography, regarding where it originated from and who the founding figures were, she showed us images dating back to 1827 which was the oldest surviving photograph. She was very confident in her delivery, it was clear to the whole class that held a large knowledge of the basis of photography. Roberts taught us the four styles of art that inspired early photography, these styles allowed it to flourish into what it has today, they were Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Impressionism and Pictorialism. I thoroughly enjoyed Lyndsay's presentation as it expanded my view and knowledge of photography, as a lover of this art form it allowed me to gain an insight to the style and early practises of the art.

Victoria Gallery

We visited the Victoria Gallery and museum this week, it is located in and run primarily by the University of Liverpool. It is a grade two listed building within the red brick building of the university campus. The architecture of the building inside and out was just breathtaking, victorian brickwork and classic layout inside of the reception and cafe area. Within the gallery we witnessed the contemporary work of Jasmir Creed in a series of paintings called Dystopolis. She incorporated kaleidoscope imagery and expressive lines to mix modern city life with old, past life that was once lived. I enjoyed this gallery visit as it opened my eyes up to new forms of artistic expression although it was not as packed with art pieces as I anticipated.

John Moores Painting Prize 2018 - Walker Art Gallery

The John Moores Painting Prize 2018 is an exhibition held at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool over a selected number of months to display and exhibit all types of paintings. 60 artists were chosen to present their work in the exhibition after submitting their best pieces of artwork and the public were allowed to choose their favourite, this made the whole showcase very inclusive to the public as well as art lovers.
Walking around the exhibition I witnessed  a vast  assortment of unique, pieces exclusive to this exhibition. These paintings included several different styles of artworks including abstract expressionism, Contemporary, impressionism and many other styles.





My favourite piece from the whole exhibiton was a piece called 'No ball games' by Liz Bailey. This artwork stood out to me as it resembles a photograph due to its realistic nature.

The Walker Art Gallery

Recently we visited The Walker Art Gallery as a group to explore and analyse the outstanding work that is currently on display within the Gallery. We discussed how to analyse and discover all of the small singular ways regarding how to assess the paintings, this included the individual techniques used in the production of these art works. This visit was initially to accustom ourselves with the surroundings and pieces of artwork within the Walker Gallery, to enable us to comfortably know what treasures it holds within its walls.

Our lecturer guided us around the Gallery and introduced us to a number of incredible, compelling pieces of work including 'Isabella' by John Everett Millias, 1849. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to a reading of this piece as i found the story behind the painting extremely riveting. The rivalry between Isabella's scheming brothers and her apprentice lover caused tension within the atmosphere of the paining. There are so many hidden treasures within this one image which signify a whole story behind Isabella and her lover, Lorenzo from the start of their affair to Lorenzo's doomed fate. 

Joseph Noonan-Ganley

Joseph Noonan-Ganley is an Irish artist who visited us to present his work and practises as an artist. He was an individual who challenges the social constructs of texture and sexuality within art and surrounding the artists who produce these pieces.
His main project was focused around the life works of Joseph Cornell who was an artist who passed away in the 1970's. Noonan-Ganley produced artwork around the comments this artist received throughout his career he found in his archive. He created a film called the 'Sess pool of rapture' where he visited Cornells's hometown and interviewed his close friends, here is where he received 30 hours of footage Joseph Cornell recorded while he was at the peak of his career.

I enjoyed Joseph Noonan-Ganley's lecture due to the individual, qualities of his film he created. I have never seen such an artistic directorial style in a video combining the simple structure of voice and physical items. This lecture has made me think more in-depth about artists and their personal lives, how this may have affected their work and influenced certain greatness within artwork we may have never known about.

Jade Montserrat

Jade Montserrat is a Uk based reteach-led artist who's main focus surrounds racism and sexuality within colonialism. She broadly addresses desire, sexuality, race and class within the context of colonialism, history of art and archives. This is practised through expressionist forms of film, performance, print, text, installations and sculptures which are all extremely unique to her own style. 

Jades presentation was majorly focused on her performative drawing project named 'No need for clothes' where she was given a holding space to create a piece of art covering the wall in charcoal. This took place in the spring of 2017. She filmed the whole process from start to finish and produced a movie of the artwork being created and then destroyed, followed by being covered up shortly afterwards. Her project was based around Josephine Baker who was an inspirational artist she held dear to her heart. Similar to Montserrat's own morals and practises within her work, Baker used her body in artwork, performance and dance to expand the views of everyone who witnessed her work. 

The performance of the presentation was interesting although was confusing at times, it was very fast paced and hard to keep up with at some points in time. This could have been due simply to nerves or sheer excitement to deliver to an auditorium of people everything she has accomplished so far in her career. I enjoyed the presentation due to her extremely apparent passion for the subject of freedom within race, sexuality and class. I can relate Jade Montserrat's artwork and passions to my own work within Art History as it is all about the broad freedom of interpretation within art. There is no right answer when analysing art unless you have provided a reason regarding your statement, this makes it an extremely broad subject with no limitations.