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[ghostofatree]

Another of the reliquary objects on show at the 7 exhibition at @bridewellstudiosliverpool - it’s still open today and tomorrow 12-4pm. This one is not assemblage but altered found photo from a little later than the ones I have shown recently. I had found a framed photo of a boy (who looked very like me when I was his age). It was in the old Red brick Vintage when it was really good there, (before they tragically made the disappointing decision to pass the best space in to some developer of other and move the antiques and collectibles into a stall area which lost most of its charm). There was this young lad who’s photo was for sale as bric-à-brac. It was hand tinted and I guessed very old. (Possibly my previous incarnation). A portrait photo then would have been very expensive and demonstrated how loved he was. The fact that it was now sold as curio spoke of the end of his line and him having been forgotten. I had to rescue him. My traditional offering of a gold-leaf halo was applied and I wanted to letraset a dedication. All this time I had been reading stats on levels of homelessness and substance dependency in the LGBT community. Much of this arose from rejection, often from parents and family when the previously very loved child came out and revealed their queer identity. The two things became entangled in my narrative approach and this beautiful kid became the patron saint of abandoned boys and blessed me with the recognition of how tolerant and supportive my own parents had been. Pueri Sancti Patroni Relicta Ora Pro Nobis - Omni Sancti Innocentes Orate Pro Nobis. (Patron Saint of Abandoned Boys Pray for Us, All You Holy Innocents Pray For Us). As though in comment on his own grief, after how ever many years intact, the ancient glass slid from its frame and shattered into sharp tears on the floor of the gallery. The making of relics is the telling of stories in physical form. #martyrs #saintsebastian #arrows #groupshow #exhibition #relic #reliquary #assemblage #foundphoto #adjustedphotograph #goldleaf #goldfinger #letraset #queerart #queerartist #bridewellstudios #blessthechild #stophomophobia #protecttranskids #translivesmatter #abandonment_issues (at Bridewell Studios) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClOROhPsfD7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[gtmm21]

When the whole cast is feeling the burgundy vibes 😂❤️ Tickets on sale now from https://www.ticketquarter.co.uk/Online/liverpool-unearthed #OnTheVerge17 #bespectacledtheatreco #horrortheatre #HopeStLtd #OTV17 @hopestreetltd #LiverpoolUnearthed #thebridewell #ghoststories #liverpool #itsliverpool #theatre #drama #history #liverpool #emergingartists #newtheatre #newwriting #speccytheatreco #bridewellstudios (at Bridewell Studios)

[ghostofatree]

Another set of the small reliquary assemblages on show at the 7 exhibition at @bridewellstudiosliverpool - it’s open for the next few days, 12-4pm up to and including Tuesday. These are echoes of older work from the Bridewell when I re-enacted the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian with a full sized plaster statue and made a short film of this. This one is one of the arrowheads, which had struck him in the shoulder and a small viol of the tears of his mother, (known as a lachrymonial). Surprisingly, the actual tears of Saint Sebastian’s mother are very difficult to source and largely out of stock in most places, (so I had to compromise and use fragranced essential oil instead but the visual symbolism was the same). I had imagined even after the terrible threats and torture of the Roman authorities he clearly would not submit. The faith of a martyr is a very obstinate thing and after every possible manipulation I had envisaged them bringing his poor mother to witness the brutality against him; imagining that seeing her heartbreak would force him to submit. That would have failed. The tears are mounted over a rubbing of my partner Kev’s grandmother’s cross - so I wanted that to feel like a real personal belonging. The making of relics is the telling of stories in physical form. #martyrs #saintsebastian #arrows #groupshow #exhibition #relic #reliquary #assemblage #assemblageart #queerart #queerartist #bridewellstudios (at Bridewell Studios) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClL5aFxsMYD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[ghostofatree]

Just finished hanging my contribution to the group show “7”, (tomorrow from 6-9 at the Bridewell big gallery) along with some artists I’ve known for ages and some I’ve only just met. Got seven small relics up on the wall, some have been shown before and a few new ones. Knackered but huge thanks to Fiona and Paul for working so hard to set the space up and I hope anyone who’s free tomorrow might join us for the PV. #privateview #bridewellstudios #groupshow #exhibition #liverpoolartists #liverpoolart #queerartist Be lovely to see anyone who’s passing x #bridewellstudios #artinliverpool #liverpoolart #liverpoolartists #groupshow #exhibition #relics #reliquary #assemblage #7 #queerartist #relics #reliquary (at Bridewell Studios) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClFDek_M4qv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=