‘An Alphabet’ is a display of 26 silkscreen prints and shows Sir Peter Blake’s fascination with letters, fonts and typography

01 October 2011 – 12 February 2012

at the Walker Art Gallery

Peter Blake incorporates imagery from popular culture into his work, including comic books, consumer goods and advertisements. In this display you can find anything from a poem about Leopards (in ‘L’), to images of Father Christmas (in ‘X’).

There is a childlike quality to ‘An Alphabet’ that has its roots in Peter’s own childhood, which was disrupted by the Second World War when he was evacuated.

Peter Blake is perhaps most well known for designing the cover of The Beatles’ album ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ (1967). He is one of the most influential painters in the UK and a leading figure in British Pop Art.

Peter Blake is also the first patron of the John Moores Painting Prize.

This exhibition is on loan from the Paul Stolper Gallery, London.

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Walker Art Gallery
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Liverpool
L3 8EL

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