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Iwao Yamawaki, Untitled (Composition with bricks, Bauhaus) 1930–2 Tate

Brickworks

From breeze blocks to dry stone walls, discover artworks that champion the humble brick

Shown in Liverpool, a city known for its iconic brick warehouses and the first red brick university, Brickworks is a small display showcasing the transformative power of bricks in art.

Featuring sculpture, photography and works on paper from the Tate Collection, this show explores the many ways in which this material has been used to make art. Brickworks highlights how everyday materials can be transformed by artists to convey meaning and messages and can play an important role in our society.

The display brings together artworks including Kader Attia’s “Untitled” (Concrete Blocks) 2008, Philip Guston’s The Street 1970, Tamas St Auby’s Czechoslovak Radio 1968 1969, 2008, Sarah Lucas’ NUD CYCLADIC 6 2010, Saloua Raouda Choucair’s Poem Wall 1963-5 and sketchbooks by Donald Rodney from 1982–98.

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Gallery 1 Tate Liverpool + RIBA North, Mann Island

Getting Here

31 July 2024 – 12 January 2025

Free

This display will be at Tate Liverpool + RIBA North, Mann Island while our Albert Dock home is closed for redevelopment. Find out more about the transformation project here.

Highlights

  • NUD CYCLADIC 6

    Sarah Lucas
    2010
  • The Street

    Philip Guston
    1970
  • Copenhagen I

    Per Kirkeby
    1965–6
  • Privacy Plots I: Brick Wall

    Ivor Abrahams
    1970
  • Czechoslovak Radio 1968

    Tamas St. Auby (Szentjoby)
    1969, 2008
  • Poem Wall

    Saloua Raouda Choucair
    1963–5
  • Windowless Terrace

    Chris Killip
    1973, printed 2012–13

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