A Searchlight Battery, 1942. Oil on panel, 50.8 x 76.2 cm. IWM (Imperial War Museums)
“Albt Ričdz (19 Dsmbr 1919 – 5 Māč 1945) wz born in Livpul bt muvd t Woḷsi az a sml bý n atndd Woḷsi Scūl v Āt 1935-39, ẇn h wun a scolršp t ɖ Royl Colij v Āt.
Aftr onli ʈri munʈs, h wz cwld p intu ɖ āmi, ẇr h srvd in ɖ Royl Enjinirz bfr trnsfŕñ t a Paṛšutbriged, n in 1944 h wz apýntd an Ofišl Wōrātist. H wz ɖ yungist v ɖ ʈri Britiš ofišl wōrātists cild jrñ ɖ conflict. On Māč 5ʈ 1945 h drov hiz jīp intu a mînfīld n wz cild, êjd onli 25. Ɖs z a sml ṣlẋn v wrc bî Ričdz, bʈ fṛm stydntdez n jrñ ɖ Secnd Wrldwor.”
“Lı̣nwra Carñtn invîts y t dscuvr ɖ fntastcl criešnz v ɖ pṛlific pêntr n inṭnašnli seḷbretd membr v ɖ sriylist muvmnt, Lı̣nwra Carñtn (1917-2011).
Ɖ xibišn xplorz Carñtn’z dvrs crietv practis, têcñ a ṣlẋn v ci pêntñz md ʈrt hr c̣rir az its stātñpýnt. A pṛlific pêntr, ɖ xibišn xplorz hâ Carñtn istablišt hr dstnctv têc on sriylizm. Wrcñ alñsd uɖr ci membrz v ɖ muvmnt, sč az Salvdor Dali n Max Ŕnst, hr pêntñz, fild wɖ xntric caṛctrz ẇč šift btwn plant, animl, hymn, objcts n evrʈñ in btwn, wl rmînd vizitrz unfmiłr wɖ hr wrc v hr btr nôn pirz.
Āğbli mr fems fr hr prsnl lîf ɖn hr āt, hr bîogṛfi z olmst az unyžl az hr māvḷs criešnz. Ɖ dwtr v a welʈi Britiš industrı̣list, in 1935 š trnd hr bac on hr upr-clas upbrññ in nwɖn Ñgḷnd aftr imbācñ upn a complicetd rlešnšp wɖ Ŕnst, n via sriylist srclz in Frans n Ny Ywc, istablišt a ynīc výs wɖn ɖ vîbṛnt crietv culčr v Mexico in 1941.
It wz in Mexico ɖt Carñtn’z practis bgan t xpand n ivolv. Š fild plez, šwt stwriz n txtîlz wɖ hr xtrōdnri wrldz, imbresñ set n costym dzîn fr pṛduẋns includñ hr ôn, Pneḷpi. Lı̣nwra Carñtn wl šôcês hr wrc in pêntñ alñsd xamplz v powtri, sculpčr, taṗstri n dzîn fr ʈiytr n film.
Leonora Carrington photographed by Chloe Aridjis in 1994
Leonora Carrington in her Mexico City house in 2000. Photograph: Daniel Aguilar/Reuters
Rfyzñ t b cnstrend or rstrictd bî cnvenšnl limitešnz, Carñtn’z xpandd practis hz md hr an inspirešn t mni cntmprri artists wrcñ acrs crietv čanlz n platfwmz. Hr pêtṛn Edwd Jêmz comntd in 1975 ɖt š hz nvr rlnqišt hr luv v xperimentešn, ɖ rzult biyñ ɖt š hz bn ebl t dvrsifî n xplor a hundṛd or mr tecnīcs fr ɖ xprešn v hr crietv pârz.”
“Livpul Bîeňl, 14-18 NÂ: ɖ Frst Wrldwor Sentīnri Ātcmišnz n Têt Livpul hv cmišnd wn v ɖ mêjr figrz v Britiš popāt, Sr Pītr Blêc, t dazl a Mrzi Feri in pātnršp wɖ Mrzītravl n Našnl Myziymz Livpul.
Sr Pītr’s dzîn, intîtld Evrbdi Razldazl, cuvrz ɖ Mrzi Feri Snôdrop wɖ a dstnctv patn in moṇcrom n culr, trnsfwmñ ɖ vesl intu a muvñātwrc az it cntinyz its srvis.
Unlîc uɖr fwmz v caṃflāž, dazlcaṃflāž wrcs nt bî cnsilñ, bt bî baflñ ɖ î, mcñ it dfclt t estimet a tāgit’s renj, spīd n drẋn. Riylîzd in moṇcrom n culr, č šip’s dazlpatn wz ynīc, in ōdr t avýd mcñ clasz v šips instntli recgnîẓble t eṇmi U-bôts n ercraft.
Az wel az biyñ a muvñātwrc, vizitrz hu bwd ɖ Snôdrop cn lrn mr abt ɖ histri v dazl n ɖ rôl ɖt ɖ Mrzi Feriz tc in ɖ Frst Wrldwor in an on-bwd dsple kretd bî Mrzīsîd Maritîm Myziym n Têt Livpul. An inṭgretd edycešnprôgram undrpinz ɖ projct n includz a fri dijitl rzws fr scūlz, n onlîn cmišnz bî ātists n raitrz.
Sr Pītr Blêc (b. 1932) z a līdñ figr in ɖ dveḷpmnt v Britiš popāt, n hiz wrc z sinoṇms wɖ ɖ ys v imijri fṛm modn culčr, includñ comicbcs, cnsymrgdz n advrtismnts.
Jýn ɖ onlîn convsešn, yzñ #DazzleFeri, n vizit âr blog fr xclusv bhnd-ɖ-sìnz content.
The first world war anti-submarine gunboat HMS Kildangan, pictured in its dazzle camouflage in 1918. Photograph: IWM/Getty Images Facebook Twitter Pinterest
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Sir Peter Blake, below left, on board the Snowdrop. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian
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Sir Peter Blake on the Dazzle Ferry Snowdrop at Liverpool Pier Head. Photo: Liverpool Echo
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Sir Peter Blake on the Dazzle Ferry Snowdrop at Liverpool Pier Head. Photo: Liverpool Echo
Sir Peter Blake on the Dazzle Ferry Snowdrop at Liverpool Pier Head. Photo: Liverpool Echo
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Design motifs from Sir Peter Blake’s ‘Everybody Razzle Dazzle’, 2015. Photo: First World War Centenary
Evrbdi Razldazl z cmišnd bî Livpul Bîeňl, 14-18 NÂ: ɖ Frst Wrldwor Sentīnri Ātcmišnz n Têt Livpul in pātnršp wɖ Mrzītravl n Našnl Myziymz Livpul. Ṣpwtd bî Ātscaunsl Ñgḷnd’z Xpšnl Awōdz prôgram, Našnl Lotri ʈru ɖ Heritij Lotrīfund, n ɖ Dpātmnt fr Culčr, Mīdia n Spwt.”
“Onli in Ñgḷnd xplorz ɖ lastñ inflụns v ɖ Britiš ftogṛfr Tôni Re-Jônz on ɖ dveḷpmnt v Britiš ftogṛfi fṛm ɖ 1970z t ɖ preznt de.
Ɖs xibišn v mr ɖn 100 hymṛs yt meḷncolic imijz olso includz ny prints ṣlctd bî istimd ftogṛfr Mātin Par. Ɖ dsple rflcts Ñgliš custmz n îdntti az wel az Re-Jônz’ iṇṿtv aproč.
D’nt têc borñ picčrz wz a slfimpozd rūl Tôni Re-Jônz livd bî ʈrt hiz ol tù šwt c̣rir. Dokmentñ ōdnri Ñgliš lîf, hiz imijz wr a stātlñ dpāčr fṛm enʈñ els biyñ pṛdyst at ɖ tîm.
Ɖe qcli atractd ɖ atnšn v ɖ Instityt v Cntemprri Āts (ICA), Lundn, ẇr ɖe wr xibitd in 1969. Trajcli, in 1972, Re-Jônz dîd fṛm lcīmia êjd jst 30.
Arnd 50 v Mātin Par’z rerli sīn ŕli blacnẇît fôtgṛafs fṛm Ɖ Noncnfwmists siriz fwm pāt v ɖ xibišn n rvil hâ an ŕli intṛduẋn t Re-Jônz’ wrc afctd Par’z imrjñ stîl.”
Great Yarmouth, 1966, by Tony Ray-Jones
Wimbledon, 1967, by Tony Ray-Jones
Ramsgate, 1967, by Tony Ray-Jones
Possibly Morecambe, c.1967, by Tony Ray-Jones
Beauty Contestants, Southport, Merseyside, 1967, by Tony Ray-Jones
Possibly Worthing, 1967, by Tony Ray-Jones
Brighton, c.1967, by Tony Ray-Jones
Barry Island, c.1967, by Tony Ray-Jones
Beauty Pageant, c.1967, by Tony Ray-Jones
Eastbourne Carnival, c.1967, by Tony Ray-Jones
Dylan Concert, Ferry, Isle of Wight, 1969, by Tony Ray-Jones
Mankinholes Methodist Chapel, 1975, by Martin Parr
Tom Greenwood Cleaning, 1976, by Martin Parr
Wedding, Crimsworth Dean Methodist Chapel, 1977, by Martin Parr
Halifax Town Football Ground, 1977, by Martin Parr
Auction of Harvest Festival Produce, Pecket Well Methodist Chapel, 1978, by Martin Parr
The opening gallery of Transmitting Warhol at Tate Liverpool. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for The Guardian./Christopher Thomond
Campbell’s Soup, 1968. Photograph: Christopher Thomond
Do It Yourself (Seascape), 1962. Photograph: 2014 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York and DACS, London
‘The Velvet Underground & Nico’ album cover design (1967)
‘Marilyn Diptych’ (1962)
Dance Diagram 1: Fox-Trot, The Double Twinkle Man, 1962
Large Flowers, 1964-5
Self-portrait in Interview T-Shirt, 1977-8
Andy Warhol
“Dscuvr ɖ man hu trnsfwmd ɖ modn ātwrld. Trnzmitñ Andi Wōhol brñz tgɖr mr ɖn 100 ātwrcs fṛm wn v ɖ most influenšl, contṛvršl n ntwrı̣s ātists v ɖ twentiiʈ senčri. Ɖ xibišn pṛvîdz a ny insît intu ɖ bredʈ v Wōhol’z ātistc prôsesz, hiz filoṣfiz, az wel az ɖ sošl, ṗlitcl n isʈetc implicešnz v hiz grândbrêcñ practis.
It wz Wōhol’z deṃcratc ḅlif ɖt āt šd b fr evrwn. Trnzmitñ Andi Wōhol xplorz hâ ɖ ātist imbrest ɖ masmīdı̣mz v hiz tîm – publišñ, film, myzic n brwdcast – t trnzmit hiz îdiyz n imijri t az mni ppl az psbl. In dwñ so, Wōhol radicli rīdifînd axes t culčr n āt, čaḷnjñ tṛdišnl nošnz v hî n lo culčr, prîvt n mas xpirı̣ns.
In hiz dzîr t mc āt public, Wōhol’z practis spand ɖ wrldz v āt, mīdia, myzic, fašn n ṣlebṛti. Xibišnhîlîts includ ɖ Marilin Diptic 1962, Dansdaygram 1962 n D-it-Yrslf 1962 pêntñz. Ɖz r šôn alñsd Wōhol’z teḷvižncmršlz, faṣ̌niḷstrešnz fr Vôg n Hāpr’z Bzar, conṣtpôstrz, hiz TV šo n a dazlñ dsple v hiz trêlblezñ ṣlebṛti maġzīn Inṭvy. Ɖ xibišn olso includz ɖ mč luvd wrcs Ʈri Brilo Sôp̓ad Boxz 1964/68 n Cambl’z Sūp 11968.
Trnzmitñ Andi Wōhol z xibitd alñsd Grêčn Bendr n Ɖ Srvñ Lîbrri t fwm Têt Livpul’z ōtm/wintr sīzn – Mcñ Ʈñz Public. Acrs ɖ gaḷri y r invîtd t xplor hâ ātists fṛm dfṛnt jeṇrešnz hv rspondd t n xperimentd wɖ ɖ pvesv inflụns v mas n brwdcast mīdia.
UNTÎTLD │ c. 1970z │ Fôṭgrafic print on pêpr │ 280 x 343 mm
UNTÎTLD │ c. 1970z
UNTÎTLD │ Ŕli 1980z
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Nazrīn in hr stydio in Bombe at ɖ Būḷbî Instityt│Fôto dêtd 2 Nvembr 1960
“Dscuvr ɖ intrīgñ wrc v Indı̣n ātist Nazrīn Mhaṃdi (1937–1990). Born in C̣rāči n rêzd in Mmbî, Mhaṃdi z nâ cnsidrd t b wn v ɖ most significnt ātists wɖn ɖ moḍnist tṛdišn, wɖ hr wrc rsivñ grt critcl aclem inṭnašnli in rīsnt yirz. Nazrīn Mhaṃdi z ɖ ljst sôlo šo v hr wrc in ɖ YC t dêt, gvñ mni vizitrz ɖer frst incântr wɖ hr vẹrid practis, ẇč includz pêntñ, drōñ n ftogṛfi.
Fīčrñ mr ɖn 50 v hr wrcs, Nazrīn Mhaṃdi runz in paṛlel wɖ Mondrian n hiz Stydioz, n čāts ɖ ivlušn v Mhaṃdi’z wrc, xplorñ hâ š, lîc Mondrian, muvd awe fṛm a fiğṛtv stîl n dveḷpt hr ôn ynīc aproč t abstraẋn.
Ɖs xibišn hîlîts significnt fezz in ɖ ātist’s practis; fṛm semiabstract liricl pêntñz v ɖ 1960z, t hr intric̣t ingejmnt n sbvršn v ɖ moḍnist grid ʈrt ɖ 1970z, n dīteld drōñz v sspndd dîaġnl lînz, trîanglz n sfirz in ɖ 1980z. Ɖ latr rcwl ɖ ytopı̣n dzînz v cnstructivist ātists sč az Cazimir Małevič, hu š grtli admîrd. A frɖr hîlît wl b Mhaṃdi’z prsnl fôtgrafic practis ʈru ẇč š mntend a vižl recwd v hr xpirı̣nsz, capčrñ imijz v deẓt landsceps, sìsceps, modn strucčrz, n ɖ Izlamic ācitecčr v Fatepur Sicri.
Aftr studiyñ āt at Sentṛl Snt Mātin’z in Lundn (1954–7) Mhaṃdi wrct in Yṛp bfr rtrnñ t India in ɖ ŕli 1970z, t bcm a tīčr in ɖ Faclti v Fîn Āts, MS Ynivrṣti, Ḅroda. It wz hir ɖt š wrct alñsd mni nôtbl ātists n bgan t dveḷp hr abstraẋn, pṛdysñ sml-scêl, jı̣mtric drōñz, pênztecñli cmpozd on an ācitect’s tebl, yzñ pensl n pen. Vrčli alon amñst hr pirz, Mhaṃdi brôc awe fṛm ɖ mênstrīm practis v fiğṛtv pêntñ in pôstindipndns India. Hr emf̣sis on miniml linı̣r jesčrz t criet infiṇt imajinri landsceps n strucčrz xmplifîz hr dzîr t, az š rôt in hr dayriz, obten ɖ maximm v ɖ minimm.
Dspt cmparisnz t Americn ātists sč az Agnis Mātin n Cāl Andre, Mhaṃdi’s wrc dfîz īzi catġrîzešn n wz ɖ prodct v hr dstnctv prṣnaḷti, prôses, n isʈetc valyz. Nazrīn Mhaṃdi rvilz ɖ ātist’s significnt contribyšn t moḍnizm ɖt xpandz ɖ bândriz v Westn āthistri n ofrz an oṗtyṇti t rīcnsidr ɖ mīnñ v abstract āt.”
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