Curator Presentation and Tour of The Plant that Stowed Away at Tate Liverpool + RIBA North, Mann Island, Liverpool. L3 41PB

Monday 28 April 2025 at 6.30pm
Tickets £19
40 places available
Organiser Helen Watters (contact 07801 441891 or HLWatters@talktalk.net)

Dr Christine Eyene Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Art at Liverpool John Moores University and Research Curator at Tate Liverpool. has curated the forthcoming exhibition The Plant that Stowed Away in the Gallery's temporary home at RIBA North.  The exhibition traces the connections between port cities like Liverpool and the global movements of plants and people.

Taking a lead from photographer Chris Shaw’s Weeds of Wallasey, the display includes collage by French modernist Henri Matisse, the Afro-futurist photography of Cristina de Middel, Turner Prize-nominated artist Delanie Le Bas’s textile work and Kader Attia’s caustic film exploring our relationship with oil and sugar.

A grant from Art Friends Merseyside is supporting the public programme of the exhibition.

Drinks and nibbles will be served during the event (please confirm any dietary considerations).

On-street pay and display parking is available around the Mann Island area; the nearest railway station is James Street.