Superlambanana

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Superlambanana, 2005
Superlambanana, 2010

Superlambanana (from English super , lamb and banana ) is a large sculpture that is displayed in Liverpool , England as art in public space and was designed for an exhibition there in 1998. When Liverpool was European Capital of Culture in 2008 , 125 replicas of the Superlambanana were placed in and around the city. In 2010, eight new replicas were installed as permanent public art under the name Eight for 08 .

history

The sculpture Superlambanana is the work of the Japanese artist Taro Chiezo, who lives in Manhattan . He designed it for the ArtTransPennine Exhibition in 1998 , an initiative with the aim of creating a "corridor of art" through the north of England. Liverpool's contribution Superlambanana addresses a cross between lamb and banana , both in terms of the composition of words and the shape of the sculpture . This alludes ironically to the dangers of genetic engineering and the lamb and banana goods that were handled in the port of Liverpool. Chiezo made a four- inch model that four local artists, Tommy Reason, Andy Small, Ray Stokes, and Julian Taylor, enlarged to a 50: 1 scale using a lattice frame with a "skin" of concrete and fiberglass. The plastic weighs almost eight tons. It was made on the premises of the former Bryant & May Matchworks factory in Garston , south Liverpool, at a cost of £ 35,000.

The sculpture was unveiled at the Tate Liverpool reopening . At the end of the exhibition, it was given to the Liverpool Architecture & Design Trust. It is currently located on Tithebarn Street, outside Liverpool John Moores University . Its meaning and value were controversial at first, but it became a symbol of the city and appreciated by the public as an art.

125 replicas of the Superlambanana

Super Gag Banana installed in a shopping mall in 2008

When Liverpool was European Capital of Culture in 2008 , 125 two meter high replicas of the Superlambanana were commissioned and placed in and around the city. The small super lamb pineapples were developed in collaboration with the Liverpool Culture Company and Wild in Art , both organizations being supported by public institutions and companies. The replicas were designed by local artists and displayed for ten weeks from June to August. The Liverpool Echo newspaper published a map and guide to individual superlambananas. The sculptures were then sold.

Eight other replicas of the Superlambanana

Seven of the eight Eight for 08 replicas set up in Liverpool in 2010

In 2010, the city council commissioned eight new two meter high replicas of the Superlambanana as permanent public art under the name Eight for 08 . Warren Bradley, the city council chairman, said: "We wanted to create an artistic legacy of what Liverpool enjoyed from being European Capital of Culture, something that captured the spirit of the year and the magic of the amazing creativity." an artistic legacy create for the profit that Liverpool has pulled out of time as the cultural capital, something that captured the spirit of this year and the magic of his amazing creativity. ") the design of the replicas went from a competition design a Superlambanana out and should the Reflect the character of Liverpool residents. They temporarily stood on The Strand in front of the Cunard Building and the Liver Building before being installed at the new Lime Street Station . Liverpool represented a plastic at the EXPO 2010 in Shanghai .

Web links

Commons : Lambananas  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  4. ↑ Superlambanana rescue ( English ) Liverpool Echo. March 27, 2007. Retrieved September 16, 2008.
  5. ↑ Guy Woodland, Shaw, Fiona: Go Superlambananas: The Book ( English ). Cities 500, 2008.
  6. ↑ Superlambanana moves to new home ( English ) BBC News . April 13, 2005. Retrieved September 1, 2008.
  7. ↑ a b c d e Superlambananas to return to Liverpool ( English ) BBC News . April 15, 2010. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  8. ↑ a b Impacts 08 ( English ) University of Liverpool . Retrieved August 6, 2014.
  9. ↑ Every superlambanana , The Liverpool Echo. Retrieved September 15, 2008.  
  10. ↑ a b Catherine Jones: Lookwho's back in town! Eight Superlambananas return to city permanently. (English) , thefreelibrary.com. March 15, 2010. Retrieved August 6, 2014. 
  11. ↑ Architecture 'building bridges with China ( English ) Regionplus North West. August 23, 2010. Retrieved August 6, 2014.