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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

Reinventing colour at Tate Liverpool

Colour chart: Liverpool Tate
The artist's relationship with colour is the focus of this exhibition, which brings together the works of more than 40 artists, including the Spot series from Damien Hirst Photograph: Colin McPherson
Colour chart: Liverpool Tate
Colour is everywhere, even on the clothes ... A gallery warden shows off his waistcoat, specially designed for the exhibition Photograph: Colin McPherson
Colour chart: Liverpool Tate
Zobop!, Jim Lambie's colourful tape installation, roars underfoot – 'though the effect is by now a bit predictable' says Adrian Searle Photograph: Colin McPherson
Colour chart: Liverpool Tate
This is a world of fluorescent polyester, highlighting the synthetic hues of industrial colour Photograph: Colin McPherson
Colour chart: Liverpool Tate
David Bachelor's vibrant floor installation, I Love King's Cross and King's Cross Loves Me, is part of the show's exploration of sociological and technical approaches to colour Photograph: Colin McPherson
Colour chart: Liverpool Tate
Human skin forms the colour chart in this work, Synecdoche, by Byron Kim. He copied the hues from friends and strangers in 20-minute sittings Photograph: Colin McPherson
Colour chart: Liverpool Tate
Stabs of synthetic colour ... Andy Warhol's Marilyn, silkscreened nine different ways Photograph: Colin McPherson
Colour chart: Liverpool Tate
Dan Flavin creates installations from commercially-available lighting. These 'seem to leak out, infecting everything' Photograph: Colin McPherson
Colour chart: Liverpool Tate
Flavin's fluorescent light fixtures, casting 'a blush beyond the space that contains them' Photograph: Colin McPherson
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