Friday 2 February 2007, 18.00–20.00

John Armleder’s playful and intriguing installation of trees, vegetation, stuffed animals, disco balls, faux log fires and televisions, together with jelly fish motif wallpaper and atmospheric background music has been in situ in the Wolfson Room at Tate Liverpool since December. Armleder travels back to Liverpool to talk about this work in the context of his career to date. This event will also be the official launch of the Postgraduate Module: Contemporary Curating at Tate Liverpool.

John Armleder’s artwork traverses an impressive range of media - performance, painting, sculpture and installation. In addition to this, he is well known for his extensive work as a critic, curator and expeditionary. All aspects of Armleder’s diverse career are characterized by a courageousness to take creative risks. In particular, Armleder aims to examine the context in which art is displayed, viewing the exhibition as a medium in its own right. He creates dialogues between disparate objects by placing them within an exhibition context, raising the question of possible equivalences that are created between them when viewed in such a setting.

Born in Geneva in 1948, Armleder studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva from 1966 – 7 and at the Glamorgan summer School in the UK in 1969. he was heavily involved with the Fluxus group, His work continues to demonstrate the preoccupations of these groups by abandoning hierarchies of different artistic genres and objects. Currently based in Geneva, Armleder is still an avid traveller and sends much of his time in different corners of the globe.   

The Postgraduate Module: Contemporary Curating replaces the former University Network Programme at Tate Liverpool and consists of three distinct strands: taught, research and exchange. The intention of the module is to develop a wide range of activities and format designed to extend postgraduate research and debate in the Northwest among students of fine art, curating and visual culture, concentrating on resources inherent in Tate Liverpool and other organisations in the city. A drinks reception will be held after the talk to mark the launch of the Programme.

 

 

Tate Liverpool  The Auditorium
£6 (£5 concessions), booking recommended
Price includes drinks afterwards

This event is related to the Tate08 Series: John Armleder exhibition