A Liverpool Bestiary.
Citation Summary:
Morris, N. (2018) Curator and exhibiting artist, A Liverpool Bestiary, group exhibition, 55 limited edition prints (scale 56cms x 38cms), ATINER 9, Annual International Conference, Athens, Greece (11/06/18 - 15/06/18); Palacete de Embarcaderos Gallery, Santander, Spain (01/09/18 - 10/09/18); Birmingham City Gallery as part of Arts Council Collections (21/10/18); Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (05/11/18 - 23/11/18); The Williamson Gallery, Liverpool as part of ‘The things that live under the stairs’ symposium (15 /11/18); 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA (16/03/19 - 07/04/19); Printed Matter, ERL Gallery, Liverpool John Moores University (30/09/19 - 14/11/19).
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Liverpool John Moores University
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 32NM1
- Type
- M - Exhibition
- Venue(s)
- ATINER 9, Annual International Conference on Visual and Performing Arts. Athens, Greece travelling to other venues.
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of first exhibition
- June
- Year of first exhibition
- 2018
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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1 - Contemporary Art Lab
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This project explores the possibilities of introducing curatorial strategies towards collaborative practices, historical perspectives and critical insights concerning the authorial voice in contemporary printmaking. The project builds upon Morris’s long-term practice-led research in printmaking exploring considerations of history, memory, culture and dissemination filtered through a busy, metropolitan, 21st century print studio. Morris configured an international strategic framework through which to co-ordinate and progress this long-term practice-led research and he selected artists from six countries across three continents to contribute original works to his themed curatorial project. The prints were produced in response to the medieval theme of the Bestiary - a unique medieval collection of stories providing physical and allegorical descriptions of real or imaginary animals. The selected printmakers were invited to consider the medieval phenomena; and the research questioned and challenged ideas of a singular authorial voice together with its relevance in contemporary printmaking. The 55 prints were produced in a broad range of print-media within the curatorial constraint of a constant paper size in order to achieve a suite of work that referenced the original book form of an illustrated medieval manuscript. The research underpinning A Liverpool Bestiary was presented internationally at exhibitions, conferences and symposia including: ATINER 9, Annual International Conference on Visual and Performing Arts. Athens, Greece (11/06/18 -15/06/18), sponsored by the Athens Journal of Humanities & Arts; Palacete de Embarcaderos Gallery, at Impact 10, Encuentro, Santander, Spain (01/09/18 - 10/09/18); Birmingham City Gallery as part of Arts Council Collections (21/10/18); Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (05/11/18 - 23/11/18); Williamson Gallery, Liverpool, part of ‘The things that live under the stairs’ symposium (15 /11/18); 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas, USA (16/03/19 - 07/04/19); and further disseminated in The Big Draw, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (10/18); and in Printed Matter, ERL Gallery, Liverpool John Moores University (30/09/19 - 14/11/19).
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- Non-English
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