dot-art Gallery
Visit our gallery at 14 Queen Avenue in Liverpool’s commercial district, a 5 minute walk from Liverpool ONE, where we hold regularly changing exhibitions of our member artists work.
You can also view any artwork you see on the website at the gallery; just get in touch.
Looking for framing or printing services? No problem, just pop in and speak to one of our friendly staff.
Please Note: there is a small step to access the gallery which may not be suitable for some types of wheelchair. The exhibition space is at ground floor level only.
Bread & Roses
Featuring dot-art Artist Members
“For the people hear us singing: Bread and Roses! Bread and Roses!” Bread and Roses was a poem written in 1912 by James Oppenheim, about women and children striking for better wages and working conditions.
The metaphor of Bread and Roses is that we all need bread to feed our bodies, but we also need to be nourished by life’s roses: art, music, literature, education, and nature.
As the cost-of-living crisis continues, we wanted to curate a group exhibition that showcases the best of affordable art. This show is dedicated to featuring original works under £200 and limited editions under £100. Owning art does not have to break the bank and quality artworks do not have to have eye watering prices.
This exhibition features a wide array of imagery and styles from over 20 dot-art Artist Members. On display you will find still life, cyanotypes, abstract paintings, lithographs, and charcoal portraits. A show for everyone, ranging from the traditional to the conceptual.
Artists such as Caroline Race have responded to the history of the poem and its historical moment. “I have produced a series of affordable paper lithographs on kozo tissue with 22 carat gold leaf embossed onto Fabriano print paper. A series of objects representing the strength of women and their fight for fairness and equality during the suffragette movement of the early 1900’s. I am using warm red tones to represent the blood spilt during their fight, the gold leaf representing their struggle for equal pay and fairer working conditions.”
Susan Cantrill Williams reflects on her personal connection to this exhibition’s theme. “My bread was provided by my Grandmother Hanna Pritchard, an active member of the labour party who marched for women’s rights in Birmingham and ran her own business in a rough part of Aston. She enabled education for my mother and art education for myself, allowing us to experience the roses.”
At dot-art, we are always affordable and have payment plans for works over £250 because we know the value of treasuring special pieces of art by local artists, so do our very best to create the best buying conditions for art lovers.
As the poem says: “Hearts starve as well as bodies; bread and roses, bread and roses”.
Exhibition continues Friday 5th April – Saturday 25th May
VISIT: Tuesday – Saturday, 10:00 – 18:00
Hidden Place
An exhibition by Rob Edmondson at INNSiDE hotel by Melia.
*Please note due to the exhibition space located on the Meeting Rooms Floor, the exhibition may sometimes be closed off to the public during events.
To ensure you can access the exhibition please do call the dot-art team on 0345 017 6660 or email gallery@dot-art.com when planning your visit.
Rob Edmondson presents realistic countryside scenes of flowing rivers, shaded forests, boatyards, and fields of barley.
“My work is landscape based. I revel in the physical manipulation of the paint and experimenting with unusual techniques to gain evocative effects. Implicit in each painting is the use of light, colour, depth and movement.
Much of my work is based on the landscape of the North of England although I always produce artwork based on my travels around the world.
My paintings are representational. Through visual devices I hope to capture the soul, in essence the mood of each special, secret place.
I have taught art for a very long time to secondary school pupils, college students and adults. I have produced my own silk screen work and ceramics. However, acrylic has been my medium of choice for many years now.
This quote from Roald Dahl, could summarise my approach to art, “And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”
First Floor, INNSiDE hotel by Melia, Old Hall Street, Liverpool, L3 9LQ
Exhibition continues until April 2024
