Art in a city revisited / edited by Bryan Biggs and Julie Sheldon

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Publication details: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press : The Bluecoat, 2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 255 pISBN:

9781846310836

Summary: Drawing its inspiration from the ground-breaking book Art in a City by John Willett, which surveyed the condition of the visual arts in Liverpool in 1967, this collection of essays explores the art scene in contemporary Liverpool, engaging with views from within and beyond the city. Contribution examine the often made claim that Liverpool is “the most significant UK centre for art outside London”, and look at the key institutional players, those that existed at the time Willet wrote such as the Bluecoat and the Walker Art Gallery, as well as later developments such as Tate Liverpool, Open Eye, FACT, and Liverpool Biennial. There are discussions of Liverpool as an art city from the perspective of key artists who have worked there; of patronage in the arts, including the extent and role of public funding; of the changing nature of public art; of art’s social role and the connection between the local and international; and the shift in emphasis from education to participation in the arts. The book evaluates the role of art in city regeneration and the more general concept of “the creative industries”, and it closes with a gathering of opinions about what the future holds for art in Liverpool following the city’s year as European Capital of Culture. (Font: Editor)

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Centre d' Informació i Documentació del CERC Sala	General	S 00325	1	Available		1900134505

Introduction / Bryan Biggs, Julie Sheldon -- 1. Individuals and institutions in dialogue / Lewis Biggs -- 2. Liverpool, art city? / Sara Selwood -- 3. Culture at the heart of regeneration? / Pam Meecham -- 4. Liverpool glocal / Sean Cubitt -- 5. The Liverpool artists sessions / Robert Knifton -- 6. Of place and of people / Mary Jane Jacob -- 7. Learning and interpretation / Julie Sheldon -- 8. Dissenters of the creative universe / Cathy Butterworth -- 9. Sundings / Colin Fallows -- Art in Liverpool timeline -- Writers' biographies -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgements

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