Vol. 1 (2025): 200 Years of Liverpool School of Art and Design

Our first issue is an open call and does not have a theme, this issue aims to act as a celebration of diverse voices and practices. This is a unique chance for students to publish their work and contribute to celebrations for the 200-year anniversary of the Liverpool School of Art and to mark its upcoming merger with the Liverpool Screen School to become the Liverpool School of Art and Creative Industries.

Published: 2025-05-22

Editorial

Editorial

Bella Farruggia, Rebecca Smith

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Guest Contributions

Poetry, Activism & History: ‘Writing the Future, Reclaiming the Past’

Amina Atiq

4 - 8
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The Liverpool School of Art and its Archive: The Liverpool School of Art and its Archive: 1825-2025

Christopher Olive

9 - 17
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Curatorial Statement LB2025

Marie-Anne McQuay

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‘Our Most Beautiful Contrivances’: Exhibiting Empire in Nineteenth Century Liverpool

Isabel Robinson

20 - 25
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Articles

How has the transformation of art dismantled Kant’s theory of objectivity in favour of viewer subjectivity, contextual interpretation, and the collapse of traditional aesthetic values?

Bella Farruggia

26 - 40
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The significance and emergence of ‘craft’ in contemporary fine art exhibitions and practice, exemplified within the Venice Biennale 2024.

Ellie Felstead

41 - 56
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Sokari Douglas Camp (2015) Europe Supported by Africa and America

Dagmara Firlej

57 - 75
Love, fear, and desire. Edvard Munch's ambivalent attitude towards women examined through the analysis of two representative examples of his paintings: The Sick Child (1886) and The Dance of Life (1899-1900).

Dagmara Firlej

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Magdalena Abakanowicz: Inspired by Nature and Undefeated by the System of Oppression

Dagmara Firlej

91 - 102
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What were Marcel Duchamp's 'Ready-mades' and what impact do you think that they made on twentieth-century art?

Dagmara Firlej

103 - 107
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When Philosophy Meets Architecture: How Utopian Dream of One Visioner Transformed the Island of Fire

Dagmara Firlej

108 - 124
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A Study on Iconography within the Work of John Everett Millais.

Hannah Peacey

125 - 128
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An exploration of iconographical symbols and their reflection of moral and theological concerns in the late Middle Ages within the work of Hieronymus Bosch.

Hannah Peacey

129 - 144
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Strandbeests: challenging perceptions of sentience.

Hannah Peacey

145 - 157
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The Art of Dining: Inspired Menus and Inviting Spaces.

Hannah Peacey

158 - 169
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Surrendering to Risk: A Brief Account of Existentialism, Fear and Art

Mariana Sequera

170 - 174
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Under the Soviet Shadows: Lithuania’s Art under the Iron Curtain

Greta Varpiotaite

175 - 181
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An Investigation of the Inherent Politicism of African American Cinema

Devan Whitehouse

182 - 193
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Interpreting nostalgia as a therapeutic tool in Aftersun by Charlotte Wells (2022)

Devan Whitehouse

194 - 202
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Artworks

Nature Photography

Rebecca Adelt Lomas

203 - 212
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Iconic Liverpool Architecture

Zina Ali

213 - 216
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Little Girl Giants Shoe

Emily Edwards

217 - 218
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Sketchbook Pages

Liv Foulston

219 - 222
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Pepsi

Alex Kelly

223 - 224
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Yoni series

Komal Madar

225 - 228
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Scouse Bird?

Sandra Mutukwa

229 - 232
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Untitled

Victoria

233 - 234
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Reviews

Marina Abramović

Dagmara Firlej

235 - 247
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Exhibition Review of the British Textile Biennial, Blackburn (29th September-29th October 2023)

Greta Varpiotaite

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Vol. 1 (2025): 200 Years of Liverpool School of Art and Design

Editorial

Editorial

Guest Contributions

Poetry, Activism & History: ‘Writing the Future, Reclaiming the Past’

The Liverpool School of Art and its Archive: The Liverpool School of Art and its Archive: 1825-2025

Curatorial Statement LB2025

‘Our Most Beautiful Contrivances’: Exhibiting Empire in Nineteenth Century Liverpool

Articles

How has the transformation of art dismantled Kant’s theory of objectivity in favour of viewer subjectivity, contextual interpretation, and the collapse of traditional aesthetic values?

The significance and emergence of ‘craft’ in contemporary fine art exhibitions and practice, exemplified within the Venice Biennale 2024.

Sokari Douglas Camp (2015) Europe Supported by Africa and America

Love, fear, and desire. Edvard Munch's ambivalent attitude towards women examined through the analysis of two representative examples of his paintings: The Sick Child (1886) and The Dance of Life (1899-1900).

Magdalena Abakanowicz: Inspired by Nature and Undefeated by the System of Oppression

What were Marcel Duchamp's 'Ready-mades' and what impact do you think that they made on twentieth-century art?

When Philosophy Meets Architecture: How Utopian Dream of One Visioner Transformed the Island of Fire

A Study on Iconography within the Work of John Everett Millais.

An exploration of iconographical symbols and their reflection of moral and theological concerns in the late Middle Ages within the work of Hieronymus Bosch.

Strandbeests: challenging perceptions of sentience.

The Art of Dining: Inspired Menus and Inviting Spaces.

Surrendering to Risk: A Brief Account of Existentialism, Fear and Art

Under the Soviet Shadows: Lithuania’s Art under the Iron Curtain

An Investigation of the Inherent Politicism of African American Cinema

Interpreting nostalgia as a therapeutic tool in Aftersun by Charlotte Wells (2022)

Artworks

Nature Photography

Hidden in Plain Sight: Iconic Liverpool Architecture

Little Girl Giants Shoe

Sketchbook Pages

Pepsi

Yoni series

Scouse Bird?

Untitled

Reviews

Marina Abramović

Exhibition Review of the British Textile Biennial, Blackburn (29th September-29th October 2023)

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