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Tate Liverpool + RIBA North Exhibition

Colour Chart: Reinventing Colour, 1950 to Today

29 May – 13 September 2009

Frank Stella, Hyena Stomp 1962. Tate. © ARS, NY and DACS, London 2022.

At a time of unprecedented interest in the role of colour in graphic design, fashion and interior design, Tate Liverpool will be presenting Colour Chart: Reinventing Colour, 1950 to Today. The exhibition looks at the moment in twentieth-century art, when a group of artists began to perceive colour as 'readymade' rather than as scientific or expressive.

This rich and vibrant exhibition is the first major exhibition devoted to the significance of colour in contemporary art and will include works by more than forty artists, including Ellsworth Kelly, Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter, Frank Stella, Yves Klein, Richard Serra, John Baldessari, Dan Flavin, Damien Hirst, David Batchelor, Jim Lambie, Angela Bulloch and Cory Archangel.

The exhibition has been created by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in collaboration with Tate Liverpool.

Tate Liverpool + RIBA North

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Dates

29 May – 13 September 2009

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European Regional Development Fund

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The American Patrons of Tate, courtesy of The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation

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  • Artist

    Frank Stella

    born 1936
  • Artist

    Ellsworth Kelly

    1923—2015
  • Artist

    Andy Warhol

    1928–1987
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    Yves Klein

    1928–1962
  • Artist

    Gerhard Richter

    born 1932
  • Artist

    John Baldessari

    1931–2020
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    Dan Flavin

    1933—1996
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    Damien Hirst

    born 1965
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    David Batchelor

    born 1955
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    Jim Lambie

    born 1964
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    Angela Bulloch

    born 1966
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    Richard Serra

    1938–2024
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