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14 June 2011 - 31 December 2012
From 14 Jun. Admission Free.
Tate Liverpool has collaborated with world renowned hat designer
Philip Treacy OBE for the latest instalment of the gallery's
popular run of Tate Collection displays, DLA Piper Series: This
is Sculpture.
Treacy worked with Tate Liverpool's Head of Exhibitions and
Displays, Gavin Delahunty, to select works from the Tate Collection
alongside a number of key pieces from private collections for the
new display entitled Conversation Pieces.
Conversation Pieces reflects the designer's knowledge
of the Tate Collection, from which he has chosen works in a range
of media by prominent and lesser known artists. Treacy's
selection has a concern with human form and human relations,
mirroring in some way his own design process.
Works by Francis Bacon, Don Brown and Dorothy Cross representing
the human figure will be shown alongside the emotive abstraction of
Joan Mitchell, Hélio Oiticica and Jackson Pollock. The
coloured translucent screens of Liam Gillick and Scott Myles will
explore the active relationship between the viewer and the art
work.
Central to the display and exhibition design are two artist films
by Simon Martin and Haluk Akakçe. Dramatic, playful and
quirky, they demonstrate Treacy's humour, avant-garde interests
and Pop sensibilities. Additional highlights will include pieces by
Lucian Freud, Ellsworth Kelly and William Tucker.
Location: First and Second Floor
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