Project Space: Rut Blees Luxemburg: Phantom

5 February - 6 April 2003

This Project Space exhibition presented a new series of specially commissioned photographic works by German artist Rut Blees Luxemburg. Based in London, she has regularly shown her work internationally, establishing herself as one of the most exciting young photographers on the British scene. The photographs for Phantom were taken in Dakar, capital of Senegal and maritime centre of West Africa. The links between Liverpool and Dakar are historically one of colonialism and the slave trade, but Dakar is now considered a fashion and culture capital and so connects with contemporary Liverpool in more positive ways.

Project Space: Michel Majerus: Pop Reloaded

24 January - 18 April 2004

Supported by Tate Liverpool Members

Michel Majerus, a key figure among a generation of artists emerging from Berlin in the 1990s, came to international prominence following shows in Basel, London, and New York, and through his participation in the 1999 Venice Biennale. This exhibition featured a group of large-format paintings from an ambitious series began during time spent in Los Angeles in 2001. Completed in Berlin the following year, the LA Series includes some of the most dynamic and complex paintings produced by the artist, including one work acquired by Tate.