A Mersey ferry is to become a floating work of art by Sir Peter Blake, the creator of one of the most famous album covers of all time, Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Everybody Razzle Dazzle, incorporating the pop artist’s trademark brilliant colours and vivid patterns, will recall the original first world war dazzle ships when artists covered craft in jagged lines to help disguise their size and class.
Blake’s makeover of the ferry Snowdrop will remain in place until late 2016, and the ship will carry an exhibition on the Mersey’s maritime history in the first world war, when two ferries were requisitioned as troop carriers for a raid on Zeebrugge. Blake, born in 1932, first visited Liverpool during his national service in the RAF.
The project is part of the 14-18 Now Centenary Art project.
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