Category: Art
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Charlotte Salomon: Victim of more than the Holocaust
Friday, 9th of December see the release of the new Charlotte animated biopic nationwide across the UK and much of Northern Europe. The voice of Charlotte, the Jewish artist who lost her life at Auschwitz while heavily pregnant, is played by Keira Knightly and, as of now, looks to be a triumph at the box…
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Biennial: simply ‘Bonerous’
The Liverpool Biennial located the first of its installations of the delayed 2000 earlier in the week. The exhibition endeavours, as always, the take over the Port City for the summer. Those of you craving culture, isolated through covid restrictions, this is art which lends itself to social distancing. ‘Osteoclast’ from Madrid based artist: Teresa…
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Minted
Minted, an exploration of Capitalism is the latest artworks from Liverpool based artist: Alison Little. ‘Minted’ stretches across the painting, reflecting wealth through the Scouse colloquialism. However, it is neither promotional of defamatory, objective towards the acquisition of wealth. The concept of the painting was conceived BC (Before Covid), it was worked on during the…
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Masks: Why now?
Today marked the mandatory rule for face coverings to be worn in all retailers or the possibility of a £100 fine in the UK. Yet, why now, we must question, at the height of the pandemic we were free to shop without the insistence of masks? At the start of lock down, we were…
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Flies of Beauty
Flies of Beauty is the latest painting from North West based Artist: Alison Little. She explores a range of diverse techniques to create this groundbreaking example of visual arts. The work is 60 cm square, her work being of these proportions in format. The flat panel uses a box mount to set out from the…
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Block Works
Block Works is the latest concept based practice from Alison Little: comprising of a series of sculptural forms which represent areas of urban residence. An ethnology process where collections of discarded objects are cemented together in block form. The artifacts are selected and encased in the common urban material offering an explanation of those who…