Event sub-type: Free

INNSiDE Liverpool, part of Meliá Hotels International, is excited to host a brand new exhibition in collaboration with local art gallery, dot-art.

The new exhibition, Day & Night, is from the talented artist Dannielle Campbell, inspired by her bright blue sky paintings in contrast with her deeper, rich nocturnal scenes that will sit alongside each other.

Dannielle uses art as a visual storytelling method, capturing the seascape sensation rather than physicality, revealing the lasting, lingering moments of your imagination. Evoking emotions and visuals that draw you into their depth. The thoughts that call you back or take your breath away.

As an exploration of art, in our ever changing world. The artworks are a reflection of her love for water which represents calmness. Channelling creativity to explore beauty, peace, and serenity yet provoking something to make the viewer want to look further. The Freedom Series is a chance to be taken out of our everyday lives to somewhere special and let your imagination run wild.

The collaboration with local artists forms part of INNSiDE’s philosophy ‘Stay Curious’, which aims to accommodate guests’ every need with considered comforts and inspired lifestyle experiences enriched with locally curated music, art, independents and culture.

You can visit the new exhibition at INNSiDE Liverpool from Friday 24th May until September, 2024. All artwork is for sale. Private view 23 May, 5 – 7pm.

Location: First Floor, INNSiDE Liverpool, Old Hall Street, Liverpool L3 9LQ, United Kingdom

To book a room please visit www.innside.com/liverpool

Visit dot-art Gallery at 14 Queen Avenue, Castle Street, Liverpool L2 4TX (5 minutes’ walk away) or dot-art.co.uk to find out more.

Ian is an experienced artist, born in Liverpool in 1958. The majority of his work consists of screen prints and collages. In fact, the screen prints are essentially collages transferred into another medium.

Made by printing ink through a mesh screen onto paper or canvas, they include found and appropriated images combined with colours, and ‘gestural’ marks to make a coherent whole composition. They are influenced by some of the Pop artists of the 1960s and 70s such as Robert Rauschenberg and Richard Hamilton.

The images used are often from past eras, and include illustrations, diagrams, covers from ‘Pulp’ novels, film stars, and references to the art of past centuries. They could be referred to as ‘visual cocktails’.

The collages are a separate body of work, and are often quite puzzling and surreal. Hand-cut with just scissors and glue, these are influenced by some of the great Surrealist artists of the 1920s to 1950s such as Rene Magritte and Max Ernst. Included here are so-called ‘Remade Classics’ which are a take on some very famous paintings from past centuries, re-imagined with strange new interventions and made with a dose of humour.

This exhibition is dedicated to the memory of Ian’s brother David, who lived in Sankey, near Warrington for most of his adult life, and died in 2023.