Peter Blake: A Retrospective
Peter Blake
On the Balcony 1955-7
© Peter Blake 2007. All rights reserved, DACS
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Tate Liverpool presents a major retrospective exhibition of paintings by Peter
Blake, the largest since his Tate Gallery exhibition in 1983. A highly influential
and original artist, Blake is often described as the godfather of British
Pop art and Liverpool’s adopted son. This exhibition surveys his rich and
diverse oeuvre, presenting familiar icons as well as rarely seen works. Tate
Liverpool’s retrospective focuses on Blake’s two-dimensional work and in particular
painting, presenting a diverse body of work from the 1950s to the present
day. It includes major icons of twentieth century art, such as On the
Balcony 1955-57, The Toy Shop 1962 and The Beatles
1963-68. It concludes with the Marcel Duchamp World Series, a project
which has recently occupied the artist.
Supported by the Liverpool Culture Company for European Capital of Culture 2008
