Designed by committee,this year’s biennial can feel cluttered and overwhelming. But it’s worth fighting to find the marvelous stuff amid the piles of rubbishWas there ever a biennial or a triennial, a Manifesta, and Documenta or any other mountainous art shindig that made total sense,whose art was at perfect pitch, whose catalogue was a delight, or the theme transparent?Stupid question. There’s nonsense everywhere in the latest Liverpool Biennial; strewn about the floor,swept into corners, accumulated at the foot of pillars and left on windowsills. Old tissues, or nasal sprays,bits of packaging, beer cans, and fag-ends,soiled receipts and shopping lists for the chemist and forgotten dinners you name it. Someone said they found a $5 bill on the floor of Tate Liverpool. It’s probably worth about 50 quid by now. Related: 'We took on the Tories and won!' … why Liverpool's striking schoolkids are back Related: How ticket Leckey became the artist of the YouTube generation | Charlotte Higgins Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com