Peter Liversidge
Untitled (Birds), 2023
Collage of found National Geographic pages
Ground floor main corridor, Mile End Hospital
Peter Liversidge, who lives and works near Mile End Hospital, created a series of framed collages for the corridors of the hospital. Each frame contains an assembly of birds, gathered from various pages of National Geographic magazine, which serves as a source of inspiration to the artist.
Although vastly different in terms of breed, habits and habitats, the birds are all connected by shared branches within the collages. The repetition of images, and collision of species within the same space, creates a humorous–as well as uplifting–display of nature. Sited near the windows, it is hoped that viewers will draw a connection between the depiction of avian life and the visible garden outside.
Liversidge works across a range of mediums, including photography, sculpture, mail art, live performance, and film. His projects often begin as an idea written up on his manual typewriter, and these original proposals often feature in the finished artwork.
About the artist
Peter Liversidge was born in 1973 and studied Fine Art at the University of Plymouth and film and photography at Montana State University. He has exhibited extensively across UK and abroad, including at Whitechapel Gallery, Bloomberg SPACE, Centre d’art Santa Mónica (Barcelona), Van Abbemuseum (Eindhoven), Tate Liverpool and Tate Modern, where his commissioned work featured a performance by a choir of 500 people as the centrepiece to the opening of the Turbine Hall in 2016.
His work is included in several high-profile collections including the V&A, British Council, Tate, Government Arts Collection, British Library, Museum of London, Unilever, Towner Contemporary art Museum, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), Kiasma (Helskini) and many others.
Other commissions by Peter Liversidge
Proposals for the patients and staff of The Royal London Hospital, 2013
A4 paper, wood and glass frames
Main corridor, 11th floor, Royal London Hospital
Hello, 2020
Photograph print
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