Portraits – UK and Romanian artists
Portraits
Corke Art Gallery, Liverpool
Private View Thursday 4th July 2013 between 6pm – 8pm
The exhibition is open until July 20, 2013
Portraits features artists from UK and abroad.
They include
Peter Edwards who was the winner of the
1994 BP Portrait Award and whose work hangs in the National Portrait
Gallery in London and the the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
among others. His portrait of Willy Russel is owned by National Museums
Liverpool and his work can also be seen in the Williamson Art Gallery in
Birkenhead as well as National Museum Wales and Ulster Museum, Belfast.
The exhibition also features the work of four Romanian artists –
Radu Belcin,
Flavia Pitis,
Aurel Tar and
Francisc Chiuariu
– whose work is influenced bu the way Romania’s history, cultural
experience and current economic power or lack of it affect their lives.
The work selected for the show is a snapshot of this new reality and its effects on people and society in Romania.
Lack of freedom and identity issues are brought to the fore bu
Belcin’s realist paintings, while childhood in the consumer society is
the focus of the Chiuariu’s series titled Forever Ikea. Pitis works with
the close-up childish gestures combined with the habits of adults, and
Tar’s pop art style captures the strong hold that USSR held over its
empire states.
entire article in the
Liverpool Echo
Corke Art Gallery
296-298 Aigburth Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, L17 9PW
Opening Hours during Exhibitions:
Thu – Sun from 2pm – 5.30pm
(Viewings also available by appointment – please call 07773 287827 or the gallery during opening hours on 0151 726 0232)
