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Tate Liverpool + RIBA North Exhibition

Liverpool Biennial: International 2008 MADE UP

20 September – 30 November 2008
Exhibition banner for the Liverpool Biennial, Made Up, at Tate Liverpool
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Tate Liverpool Biennial 2008 default image

Established in 1998, Liverpool Biennial is the UK’s largest festival of contemporary visual art, and it contributed significantly to the award of the title European Capital of Culture 2008 to the city of Liverpool. This is the fifth Liverpool Biennial International exhibition. MADE UP is an exploration of the power of the artistic imagination and will involve galleries from across Liverpool as well as many new commissions in surprising places.

At Tate Liverpool we present new work from some of the most exciting artists from around the world. The artists take historical or everyday happenings as their starting point and through the creative process we are taken on a journey towards the unreal that will leave you questioning what is MADE UP and what is reality.

The artists respond to the theme of MADE UP in different ways which will give the exhibition a hugely rich variety of work ranging from the playful, magical and spectacular to dark, restrained and reflective.

Truth or lie; real or unreal; fact or embellishment. Suspend your preconceptions, take a leap of imagination and decide for yourself.

For details of all of the galleries and artists involved, visit the Liverpool Biennial International Festival website.

Tate Liverpool + RIBA North

Mann Island
Liverpool L3 1BP
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Dates

20 September – 30 November 2008

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  • Cildo Meireles Insertions into Ideological Circuits Cedula Project 1970

    Playing the system

    Mark Godfrey

    Mark Godfrey asks three artists to describe projects in which they have adopted the strategy of insertion, using Meireles's Insertions into Ideological Circuits as a starting point.

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    Liverpool Biennial: International 2002

    Liverpool Biennial: International 2002 past exhibition at Tate Liverpool

  • Valeska Soares Tonight - Liverpool Biennial 2004

    Liverpool Biennial: International 2004

    Liverpool Biennial: International 04 past exhibition at Tate Liverpool

  • Kuang-Yu Tsui Handy Path 2006

    Liverpool Biennial: International 2006

    Liverpool Biennial 2006 International 06 past exhibition at Tate Liverpool

  • Liverpool Biennial 2010 banner

    Liverpool Biennial: International 2010

    Every two years the city of Liverpool comes alive with a wealth of new and exciting artworks; sometimes in galleries (including Tate Liverpool) and always in more surprising, public places throughout the city.

  • Artist

    Ged Quinn

    born 1963
  • Artist

    Omer Fast

    born 1972
  • Artist

    Rodney Graham

    1949 – 2022
  • Liverpool biennial artists

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