Liverpool Biennial Touring Programme Across North of England Announced
Holly Hendry, Cenotaph, 2018. Installation view at Exchange Flags, Liverpool Biennial 2018. Photo: Pete Carr
Aslan Gaisumov, Keicheyuhea (film still), 2017. Image courtesy the artist
Taus Makhacheva, ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response)?Spa, 2018 and Sculptural Signature Facial performance at Blackburne House, Liverpool Biennial 2018. Photo: Thierry Bal
Annie Pootoogook, Man Abusing His Partner, 2002. Collection of John and Joyce Price. Image courtesy Feheley Fine Arts
Mohamed Bourouissa, Horse Day, 2014-2015. Installation view at FACT, Liverpool Biennial 2018. Photo: Jon Barraclough
Janice Kerbel, Fight, 2018. Installation view at Blundell Street, Liverpool Biennial 2018. Photo: Rob Battersby
Reetu Sattar, Harano Sur (Lost Tune) (film still), 2018. Image courtesy the artist
Holly Hendry, Cenotaph, 2018. Installation view at Exchange Flags, Liverpool Biennial 2018. Photo: Pete Carr
The second iteration of the Liverpool Biennial touring exhibition programme, which will bring works by leading international artists commissioned and presented at the 2018 festival of contemporary art to spaces across the North of England in 2019, has been announced.
The featured artists are: Madiha Aijaz, Mohamed Bourouissa, Aslan Gaisumov, Inci Eviner, Holly Hendry, Suki Seokyeong Kang, Janice Kerbel, Taus Makhacheva, Annie Pootoogook, Reetu Sattar.
The seven partner organisations are: Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre (Bury), Humber Street Gallery (Hull), In-Situ (Pendle), Super Slow Way (Burnley), The Tetley (Leeds), Touchstones Rochdale (Rochdale), The Turnpike (Leigh).
The programme enables arts organisations across the North of England to develop new audiences for international contemporary art, build capacity and strengthen their networks. The inaugural touring programme attracted a diverse audience of more than 45,000 of which 37% said they have never visited the venue before and for 18% this was their first visit to an arts event in the past 12 months.
The touring programme is supported with National Lottery funding through Arts Council England’s Strategic Touring fund.
