‘I read in the news that overfishing is making our favourite takeaway extinct. I headed to my local chippy for a large cod and chips then rushed them off to pangolin foundry to be cast into bronze, a future reference of what we lost. Just imagine Great Britain without fish and chips.’ About the artist […]

Who’s Who The figures, from left to right: William Burroughs; Mark Rushton (a friend and student of Adrian Henri’s at Manchester Art College); Stanley Dobbin (a printmaker from Manchester) and his wife Drena; a skeleton (no one in particular); Heather Holden (the love of Adrian Henri’s life in the early 1960s), Phillip Jones Griffiths with […]

Adrian Henri was born in Birkenhead in 1932. He studied Fine Art at King’s College, Newcastle under Victor Pasmore and Richard Hamilton. A former fairground worker, teacher and scenic artist, he settled in Liverpool in 1957 and taught at the Art College. He first came to prominence as a poet alongside Roger McGough and Brian […]

“Sins of the flesh are nothing. They are the maladies of physcians to cure, if they should be cured.  `Sins of the soul alone are shameful.” Oscar Wilde.  De Profundis 1879. ‘I have used this quotation from Wilde’s De Profundis, the 50 page epistle he wrote to ‘Bosie’ (Lord Alfred Douglas) from his cell in […]

‘My last visit to Liverpool, early summer, last year, was wonderful. It was a warm day, beautiful light over the Mersey and the streets were buzzing Optimism, passion and desire were all apparent and this is what I have sought in this painting’ About the artist Brendan Neiland is one of Britain’s foremost and contemporary […]

The artists’ first collaboration was at the inaugural exhibition of ‘Liverpool Love’ 2012 at the Museum of Liverpool. They put a neon frame around a Teletubbies inspired painting of the Beatles by Christian Furr; making it like a neo-shrine. This light is to celebrate the greatest band in history and the lyric ‘All You Need […]

Land of freedom, independence and generous portions. The artists wanted to encapsulate the concept of the cliche of ‘American Pie’ in a simple instantly gratifying image. Art as fast food.It is inspired by Britain -They love the British comic from Dundee the Beano and wanted the pie to look ‘messy and highly calorific but also […]

Vladimir Lenin was enthusiastic about new mass communication technology like the radio and the gramophone and its capacity for educating Russia’s mostly illiterate peasant population. What would he have thought of the 12″? The artists have taken what would have been propaganda art in Lenin’s head , blinged it up with chrome electroplating and given it […]

Inspired by the Rolling Stones. Rock n’ Roll survivors of the best Rock n Roll band in the world.‘It’s good to be here, it’s good to be anywhere’ A great Taoist philosophical quote from the Byron of Rock Keith Richards – This piece is a celebration of life and sticking around. www.stayingaliveneon.com  

‘Named after the heady swirl of a ‘movement’ in full swing or the ‘now’ – with a nod to Richard Prince and Stuart Sutcliffe – The eye of the hurricane will always exist. What would the birth of an idea would look like in a pop style? I thought of Lichtenstein and Hirst together’

Artist Christian Furr was born in Heswall, Wirral in 1966. He became the youngest artist to have ever officially painted Queen Elizabeth II, when in 1995 – at the age of twenty eight – he was invited by the Queen to paint her portrait at Buckingham Palace. The work was commissioned by and hangs at […]

Incorporating reoccurring themes of collecting, archiving, colonisation and museology Dallas Seitz’s ‘Tourist’ is an ongoing project of reconfiguring found postcards with paint and varnish. Started in 2000 Seitz uses postcards gleaned from second-hand markets, hotel lobbies, tourist gift shops and the internet. The familiarity of the cards is made strange by way of painting out, […]

Amidst the edgy brushstrokes and sinister themes, symbolism proliferates in Baldwin’s work. From children’s storybook illustrations and images of war to nature & Vanitas, each viewer develops a highly personal response to what they see. The relationship that has been observed between Baldwin and the still life painters of seventeenth century Holland stems from his […]

100% of the proceeds from the sale of this work will go to Alder Hey Charity Signed by Artists: Sir Peter Blake, Yoko Ono, Noel Fielding, Christian Furr, Chris Bracey, Terry de Havilland, Jay Batlle, Brad Faine,  Jonathan Gent, Ben Johnson, David Mach, Bruce McLean, Mike McCartney, Roger McGough, Chris McInerney, Brendan Neiland,  Shauna Richardson, Dallas Seitz, John Stoddart, […]

Born in 1968, I first knew the Beatles as cartoon characters in a mildly disturbing film on holiday-time BBC. Miraculously, my toy Yellow Submarine survives, battered veteran of countless psychedelia-tinged childhood games. Here are my Beatles; miniaturised, legless, dusty conjoined twins – the Fabness somehow still shining through. About the artist Having taken a decade-long […]

‘THE FIST TIME I HEARD J.L. WS INVOLVED WHITH COKE WAS IN LATE 60’S…70s. AND WAS CURIOUS ABOUT ANDEAN RITUALS WITH PLANTS AND OTHERS…AND COCAINE A DERIVATE OF COCA LEAVES HELPED HIM TO GO TO DEEP EXPERIENCES IN DIFFERENT INNER LEVELS – MUSIC -CREATIVITY-WAYS OF THINKING – OPENESS TO COMMUNICATE ETC……AS  DID HAPPEN WITH MOST […]

About the artistsAll girl collective HYSTERIA (Collagism, Aida Wilde and Shuby)…Hysteria’s sui generis take on popular culture is a feast for the eyes. Be prepared for scoops of sumptuous Technicolor “one off” artworks with their trade mark eggs, legs, bananas, bunnies and bold iconography.The UK-based street art collective bring together their Collage, Screen Printing and […]

I have always had a fascination with the human figure and how artists have approached portrait sculpture and painting throughout the ages, from Greek and Roman to Lucien Freud. I was initially drawn to the film industry to fund my studies at the Royal Academy Schools and after graduating continued to work on many film […]

I have always had a fascination with the human figure and how artists have approached portrait sculpture and painting throughout the ages, from Greek and Roman to Lucien Freud. I was initially drawn to the film industry to fund my studies at the Royal Academy Schools and after graduating continued to work on many film […]

” Taken in 1992, I was a good friend with Catherine then, a beautiful young woman, full of life, and great fun! One day, she said, John, I really need to change my image, I need to move on, out of my TV life, I want to be a movie star! Within days, I had […]

Jonathan Gent was born in 1976 in the Northgate Arms a public house in Cheshire, England. Here, he learned to drink and eat and draw. He studied very hard. Seldom slept. After studying at The Cheshire School of Art and The Edinburgh School of Art respectively, he then worked and lived in various countries… never remaining more than […]

In November 1963, Michael Ward was commissioned by Honey Magazine to photograph an up and coming group called The Beatles, in and around their hometown of Liverpool. He spent a day with them, culminating in recording their performance at the Cavern Club. The photographs taken that day remain a rare and unique record of the […]

It was inspired by the comedian Andrew Maxwell as he left the stage, he used the phrase ‘It may not’ve been great but hey, together, we rolled it in glitter’ and this image struck me like a knock to the head.

Ah, the Walrus! I’m constantly amazed that I live on a planet where such things exist. I saw such a creature at The National Museum of Scotland with the phrase ‘Badly Stuffed’ on the rubric. About the artist Nick Sherratt is a graduate and former Fellow in Painting, of Liverpool John Moores University, who now […]

About the artist Noel has created many of the make up and costume designs over the last ten years for the Mighty Boosh, as well as providing the animated segments and creating and appearing as Vince Noir.His first Solo exhibition at Gallery Maison Bertaux “The Psychedelic Dream of The Jellyfox” was a sell out show, pieces […]

Image – courtesy of Flowers, London / New YorkAbout the artistPatrick Hughes made his first three dimensional relief painting in 1964 – his intention to do the opposite of what was done. Fifty years on, he is still doing so.Exhibiting with Angela Flowers Gallery since its inception in 1970, Hughes’ painted reliefs constantly baffle his […]

Although concept is the foundation of her work, Shauna Richardson presents her ideas in a form that appears to be the antithesis of this. It has long been widely accepted that ‘Anything can be art’. At first glance this notion seems liberating, but perhaps ‘anything’ has its limits. It is this area, around the boundaries […]

Although concept is the foundation of her work, Shauna Richardson presents her ideas in a form that appears to be the antithesis of this. It has long been widely accepted that ‘Anything can be art’. At first glance this notion seems liberating, but perhaps ‘anything’ has its limits. It is this area, around the boundaries […]

This drawing leads on from Stephen Walter’s two-year London project completed in 2008, which mapped each borough. Informed by insights and knowledge of his native city and its people, along with further research, the resulting maps touch on the capital’s vastness and tap into its undercurrents. The artist’s initial plan to create something similar for […]

This drawing leads on from Stephen Walter’s two-year London project completed in 2008, which mapped each borough. Informed by insights and knowledge of his native city and its people, along with further research, the resulting maps touch on the capital’s vastness and tap into its undercurrents. The artist’s initial plan to create something similar for […]

‘Stuart Sutcliffe is Rock ‘n Roll’ – John Lennon Stuart Sutcliffe (June 23rd 1940 – April 10th 1962): Yea Yea Yea Was curated by Richard Prince August 10 – October 14, 2013 Harper’s Books presented an exhibition of twenty-one paintings and works on paper by British artist Stuart Sutcliffe (1940–1962). Curated by Richard Prince, Stuart […]

Based on images of HM’s visit to the Liverpool Garden Festival, this started with the less culturally loaded title ‘1985’, as I’d misremembered the year. After some misgivings, ‘1984’ seems appropriate for a picture with hints of authoritarianism, skewed prophecy and two British institutions fractionally displaced in space and time. About the artist Having taken […]

Christian Furr says ‘ I visited a castle. Its façade showed an antique carved relief of a lion. Because of this relief, the tower was also called “the Lion Tower”. Above this lion, you could see the coat of arms of king Henry IV of England and in the tower itself  mounted stuffed lions heads […]

“Everything Must Go” is one of Batlle’s signature layered compositions from “The Stationery Series,” where he blows up an iconic restaurant’s stationery or menu — examples include St. John, Momofuku, The Odeon, and The Spotted Pig (all at which Batlle has eaten)— then doodles or paints on them with watercolors, oil sticks, wine, coffee, and […]

                                  “CheeseHhound” is one of Batlle’s signature layered compositions from “The Stationery Series,” where he blows up an iconic restaurant’s stationery or menu — examples include St. John, Momofuku, The Odeon, and The Spotted Pig (all at which Batlle […]

    Artist Christian Furr was born in Heswall, Wirral in 1966. He became the youngest artist to have ever officially painted Queen Elizabeth II, when in 1995 – at the age of twenty eight – he was invited by the Queen to paint her portrait at Buckingham Palace. The work was commissioned by and […]