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You may be asking where as well as what! Only as recent as Autumn 2006, A Foundation launched Greenland Street – three former industrial buildings that have been transformed into inspiring and challenging gallery spaces. Located in the heart of Liverpool’s old port area and moments from the River Mersey, Greenland Street comprises The Coach Shed, The Furnace and The Blade Factory.
“A Foundation's transformation of Liverpool's Greenland Street building into a vast exhibition space bodes well for the next European City of Culture.” Guardian Unlimited. Click here for full article.
We realise that four exhibitions may seem a lot but with all of them being so different we promise you won't feel exhibited out. We've tried our best to give you a bit of background for each of the exhibitions below to help with your visit.
SIMPARCH have transformed The Coach Shed with drum 'n' basin a large-scale architectural intervention which includes Free Basin - a large elevated kidney shaped copy of swimming pool and a 40ft long, 6m high full pipe (see picture above left). The installation is open to skate boarders.
The Only Living by Brian Griffiths is A Foundation's Furnace Commission for 2007 and is the result of months of intensive work by the artist who has used this unique space as both a studio and muse. The Only Living draws on the devices of showmanship from theatre, sideshows and certain sculptural traditions that exaggerate scale and manipulate perspective. "Griffith's monumental creations are portals for adventure. Everyday objects are selected for their potential for fantasy and transformation."
A Foundation working in collaboration with Vizcaya Museum, Miami and The Walker Arts Centre, Minneapolis have commissioned a new film work by Catherine Sullivan. This is Triangle of Need's European premiere. "Sullivan has created a complex, nuanced story about evolution, class, wealth and poverty that highlights the inequalities and injustices in our global economy."
Mustafa Hulusi will exhibit six newly commissioned paintings, alongside existing works depicting fruit and flowers. Hulusi constructs photographic images and transforms them into hyper-real paintings that have a distinctive and sensuous style. "Saturated in colour and light, these visions of nature are gloriously poetic yet subtly unnerving."
Join us and be guided around this amazing space and then finish with a discussion in the new Greenland Street café space. Enjoy a coffee and treat yourself to a pastry or slice of homemade cake whilst sharing your thoughts with other culturepool members.
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