Proposals for the Government Art Collection

Location

Country: UK
City: England
Place: Manchester, DCMS Hub

Liversidge works across various media, often with everyday objects and materials, questioning the boundaries of what is and isn’t art. A surreal and offbeat humour lies at the heart of his idiosyncratic approach which, as Jessica Lack commented in ‘The Guardian’ in 2009, is a ‘… surreal form of pedantry that is reminiscent of the comic genius Spike Milligan’. For the last decade and more, his work has taken the form of ‘Proposals’ for art works and performances, all typed on a manual Olivetti typewriter. He has been commissioned and exhibited work internationally, including solo exhibitions at Whitechapel Gallery, London; Van Abbe Museum, Netherlands; the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Connecticut; and Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm. Liversidge lives and works in London.

Places

Subjects

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), screenprint

Artist

Peter Liversidge (1973 - )

Title

Proposals for the Government Art Collection

Edition

Number 1 in an edition of 12

Date

2017

Acquisition

Commissioned from the artist, August 2017

Inscription

verso towards the bottom middle: (in pencil on each print) Prints made with foundation fine art students at Hull College
verso bottom right: (in pencil on each print) signed by the artist
verso bottom left hand: (in pencil on each print) 1/12

Provenance

Commissioned 2017

GAC number

18729/64