Nice day out in Liverpool yesterday with my old chum Tony Eve. We went by train. Hazel gave me a lift to the station. I somehow missed Tony who was down the front end and I got on in the middle, looked through two coaches and decided he wasn't on that particular train and must have got the fast train from Crewe. Anyway, we met up at Lime Street and walked through the shopping streets to the Tate and the docks. The Chagall retrospective was excellent with all our favourites there. Surprising how big some of them are - in reproductions they look quite petite. Also lots that I've never seen before. Tony got us in with his Tate card which was handy. It was quite busy which was annoying at times - a group of school children always seemed to be sitting in front of a painting you wanted to look at! The exhibition down stairs of sculpture and installation art was also interesting especially as Ryan Gander was in it - an ex-student of Tony's (and Hazel's) Interactive Arts course at MMU. The boy done good.
We had a sandwich in the Tate resturant which was expensive but handy. Then off to the Bluecoat to see some Spanish art and video which was pretty dull. Then more walking to the Walker Art Gallery and some new aquisitions including a Yoko Ono piece ( step ladders) and others who I forget. O yes, Anish Kapoor, Paula Rego and Louise Borgeois? ( Just found the leaflet)
Walking round the bustling noisy city made us realise how much we appreciate living out in the sticks!
Got the train back after a coffee in the Lime Street buffet. Hazel picked me up from the station.
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