Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

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

aeroplane, sky, British Airways

Materials & Techniques

acrylic (paint), perspex, spray paint, acrylic painting

Artist

Peter Liversidge (1973 - )

Title

We Take More Care of You

Date

8-9 January 2003

Medium

Spray paint and acrylic on perspex

Dimensions

height: 32.00 cm, width: 40.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Paul Stolper, January 2003

Inscription

verso on label: WE TAKE MORE CARE / OF YOU.

Provenance

Peter Stolper Ltd., London

GAC number

17756