ANTBEAR (Opens Thursday Feb 8th evening)

View Two Gallery Presents Antbear for a month of Art and Music
Also featuring: Wave Machines, Emily Lansley, Bexy Sitch and the Creepy Crawlies, Billtone, Esa Shields, Maevapop and more…

8th February 2007 – 3rd March 2007

Liverpool band Antbear takeover the gallery this month with a strange and exotic spectrum of art works created by its five band members. The exhibition meets live music in a program especially curated by Antbear, long standing performers in Liverpool’s music scene.

Brooding, bruised, indefatigable spirit, messy cacophony, there are many adjectives that can be employed to describe the sound of the five piece… each can only hint at the upcoming eclectic selection of songs and works to be aired in the gallery. From conveying grandiose notions of disenchantment with social inequalities to struggles of the heart, Antbear cross their aural interests with their visuals.

In a disused Victorian house in Toxteth, for two years the band’s sonic and visual endeavours have been played out amongst tatty ephemera such as a small plaster Pierrot, a fake fur coat, an antique organ and old tea chests. They have developed an uncompromising and unique body of songs and artwork that celebrate with a deft passion the melodrama of love and melancholy.

Lead singer Chiz Turnross plays guitar and paints birds and tower blocks on found materials, whilst Adam Cooper plays lead guitar and sculpts from organic matter. Keyboardist and accordionist Mel Davis draws delicate ships, drummer and percussionist Mandy Hills mixes handmade and digital elements in her prints and bassist Chris Taylor makes idiosyncratic lists….

Lead Turnross proclaims “We have been betrothed the delightful View Two Gallery on Mathew Street for a whole month, showing our very own artwork and supported by four whole gigs, each especially themed. Look out for surprises and a chance to join in the fun!”

Opening Night: Private View/Listen
Thursday 8th February 7pm – 12 am (Free)
Emily Lansley, The ASBO’s, Wave Machines and Antbear
Join us for the opening of the art exhibition and first gig in the series. Wave Machines and others will be helping pull back the curtain…

Valentines Special
Wednesday 14th February 7pm – 12am (£3)
Bexy Sitch and the Creepy Crawlies, Antbear and guests…
A bit of romance, as anyone who saw Antbear’s swoonsome set down Korova last Valentine's will know! Bexy Sitch and the Creepy Crawlies and guests will be helping to spread love…

Sunday Afternoon Tea Party (£3)
Sunday 18th February 2pm – 7pm
Biltone, Tom Brooks, Antbear and guests…
This will be a sweet and gentle affair, with tea and cakes for all. Expect a relaxed Sunday chill out, with sweet melodies from the likes of Biltone and a host of lovely others….

Closing Night: Party Til We Hit The Pavement
Saturday 3rd March 7pm – 12am (£3)
Maevapop, Esa Shields, Antbear and guests…
Partying hard for the closing shindig (until Antbear are kicked out onto the street once more!) along with a host of other righteous dudes… including Maevapop and Esa Shields! The Visual Collective is also preparing some things for your eyes with the magic of light waves.

'Sacred X'

Interactive Icons by Oleg IKONA
August 24th to Sept 24th 2005

'Fabulous Liverpool'
Paul Terence Madden

Five photographs, digital Vutek
prints on canvas and are industrial strength. The edition of each print will be 100 of each.

The five prints are

'Strawberry Field Gates'
'Mendips'
'Forthlin Road'
'Upton Green'
'Madryn Street'

'Something in the Water' by Andy Hollingworth. July 13th-23rd 2006

Liverpool Comedy Trust has specially commissioned this exhibition of Liverpool comedy Writers and Performers from the celebrated portrait photographer Andy Hollingworth.

NOTE: Opening hours for this exhibition 12-18.00 each day of the Comedy Festival July 13th - 23rd 2006

Artists:

Liverpool:
Agata Alcaniz, Brendan Byrne, Jo Derbyshire, Tony Knox, George Lund, Charles Nuttall, Catherine Shea, Gary Sollars, Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney.
New York:
Lara Allen, Michael Ricardo Andreev, Chris Borkowski, Rodney Dickson, Stephan Fowlkes, PJ Cobbs, Aaron Miller, Raphaele Shirley, Lee Wells.

Exhibition Dates: Monday 23 October 2006 - Saturday 04 November 2006.

Artists: Jeimy Marisol Martínez Galavíz, Jo Gough and Emma Sweeney, Tony Knox and Adam Webster, Mandy Romero, George Lund, Nagachoo, Ernesto Sarezale, Antonio Sassu, Seasons - When the City Speaks by (Alison Bazely, Laura Baxter, June Hobson, Peter Worthington, and Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney, conceived and directed by Jo Derbyshire), Catherine Shea ('Kitty'), Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney, Lisa Jane Wrigley, Suzy Walker – Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Kai-Oi Jay Yung and Neil Campbell.

Friday 29 September 2006, 5.30 pm - 7.00 pm
Kai-Oi Jay Yung and Neil Campbell, Mandy Romero, Catherine Shea (‘Kitty’) and Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney.

Friday 06 October 2006, 5.30 pm - 7.00 pm
Jeimy Marisol Martínez Galavíz, Tony Knox, Adam Webster, Nagachoo, Ernesto Sarezale and Antonio Sassu.

Friday 20 October 2006, 5.30 pm - 7.00 pm
George Lund, Suzy Walker – Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Jo Gough, Emma Sweeney and Lisa Jane Wrigley.

Friday 27 October 2006, 5.30 pm - 7.00 pm
Jeimy Marisol Martínez Galavíz, Seasons - When the City Speaks by (Alison Bazely, Laura Baxter, June Hobson, Peter Worthington, and Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney, conceived and directed by Jo Derbyshire) and Gaynor Evelyn Sweeney.

'Its About Time' - Exhibition by four staff and colleagues of Liverpool Art School 1966 - 1992. Peter Bailey, Ray Fields, Phil Jenkins and Nigel Mairs.

December 6 - 22 2006