bluecoat goes global with its latest exhibition

By Catherine Jones on Mar 27, 10 10:00 AM

LIVERPOOL'S Bluecoat arts centre is going global with a free exhibition opening next month.
Artists from different parts of the world will be collaborating for the Global Studio exhibition opening on April 9.

More than 30 artists have been invited to develop exhibition proposals, resulting in five different yet connected displays by artists from Austria, France, Germany, Japan, Pakistan and Merseyside, working in printmaking, video, painting and installation.
The featured artists will reveal the workings of a studio, as gallery 1 is turned into a temporary project space.
Beginning with a unique collaboration between artists from Liverpool and Linz in Austria - European Capital of Culture in 2009, the constantly changing work will give visitors a revealing look into the development of ideas and communication between artists.
Exhibitions curator at the Bluecoat, Sara-Jayne Parsons, said: "Visitors to the galleries will enjoy a diversity of themes, ideas and approaches in the exhibition that highlights the significant work Liverpool-based artists are doing outside of the city.
"Simultaneously, they will have an opportunity to witness artists at work.
"Some of the galleries will become working studios and as such a place to experiment. Creative processes that usually happen behind closed studio doors will be revealed."
The Global Studio exhibition runs from April 9 to June 20.