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Liverpool Biennial

Liverpool Biennial - The UK Biennial of Contemporary Art

For ten weeks every two years the city of Liverpool is host to an extraordinary range of artworks, projects and a dynamic programme of events. It is the largest international contemporary art festival in the UK.

There are a number of photographer's work shown as part of the festival, perhaps the most interesting is Keith Arnatt's series, A.O.N.B. (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty}, which is on show at the Tate Gallery and can also be seen on the Tate's own website here.

This series explores what Arnatt called the ‘conjunction of “beauty” and “banality”’. As the title suggests, the photographs were taken around England in areas specially designated for their striking landscapes. However, the beauty of a place usually forms the background for the images. The real focus is on something unexpectedly everyday in the foreground, for example a pile of rubbish.
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