I went for my first ever trip to Liverpool yesterday. I made two different stops at the Walker Art Gallery and then the Tate museum. though the weather wasn't fantastic it was a great day non the less.
The Walker Art Gallery was an interesting bit of architecture, historical and contemporary work often linking to each other through winding rooms on the upper floor. As a big fan of art history I enjoyed the concept of walking into individual rooms and areas dedicated to the various historical eras of art.
The main contemporary exhibition at the gallery was the John Moores Painting Prize one that is set up every two years and is open to the community and anyone can put their work forward to be used in the exhibition. The voting for the winner is also a community driven scheme using an anonymous poll technique. Due to the variety of work and techniques it made for a diverse collection of art.
My personal favourite piece was Delphine Hogarth - 'French Summer' but I could't give an exact reason why.
After grabbing a quick coffee and preparing myself for the rain I walked over to the docks to visit the Tate Gallery, a place I have wanted to visit for some time now. It was good to finally be able to explore it.
Inside the Tate I got the opportunity to visit the current exhibition Life In Motion.
Egon Schiele self portraits were the most fascinating to me. The way you see yourself is often reflected through your art and I thought it was a shame that they were almost overshadowed by his other work with erotic imagery and experimental photography.
I enjoyed the photography but I felt the space had too much on display and that took away from the experience of individual pieces. The work reminded me of my own experimental photography though so I felt a strong connection towards the works technique.
Egon Schiele - self portrait masturbation 1911
A sneaky peek at the day:
