Artists

Go Superlambananas salutes the following artists, community groups, design agencies and organisations whose creativity and talent gave so much enjoyment to thousands of people throughout the summer of 2008.

 

• AIR Associates; Sharon, Denise, Tricia & Robert in association with communities of North Liverpool
• Art Department of Lower Lee School
• Artvandelay.com
• Sophie Backhouse and Ian Town with Youngaddaction Liverpool Youth Advisory Group
• Sophie Backhouse and Ian Town with Wade Deacon Arts Team
• Mike Badger with Laura McCreesh
• Mike Badger with pupils from Lawrence Community Primary School
• Linda Barlow
• Kate Bedford
• Katriona Beales and Finoon Saleh working with 10 young winners of the Shine competition
• Anna Benson
• Graham Berry
• Big Hope Delegates
• Candida Boyes
• Jacqueline Boylan
• Charlotte Brown
• Ed Butler
• Lauren Cheston, St Jerome’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Formby
• Vince Cleghorne with Kensington Junior Youth Inclusion Project
• Vince Cleghorne with pupils of Hugh Baird College
• Cobalt Youth Board with Andrew Weston
• Alex Corina
• Chimp Creative
• Ben Cook
• Phil Costelloe
• Paul Cousins
• Mike Curtis
• Ektor Diaz
• Rod Dillon
• TJ Dolan
• Alix Dryden
• Julie Edwards with Pupils from Hunts Cross Primary School
• Janice Egerton
• David Fanning
• Finch – the Ideas Agency
• Fine Art and Design, Level 0 students, Liverpool Hope University
• Dominic Foster and Ashlea Haynes
• Clair Freeman
• Barbara Galt with children from the Kensington Area
• Clare Gammond
• Mark Garrod
• Helene-Marie Gilmour
• Brian Hanlon
• Rosalind J Hargreaves
• Harry Harris
• Stephen Heaton, Lawn Creative
• Mark Hendry, Team a-go-go
• Pamela Holstein
• Kerry Hunt with pupils from Savio High School
• Roz Hyde with Toxteth Learning Network Schools
• Alex Jackson
• Alex Jackson with Adam Pitt
• Andrew Jackson
• Neil Keating with Walton Youth Project of Alsop High School
• KECS Creative Community Arts with Liverpool 08 Volunteers
• KECS Creative Community Arts with Young People from the Partner Cities with Dublin
• Jeanne-Marie Kenny
• Jola Kurzeja-Ryan
• Mark Jones – CL3
• Holly Langley
• Holly Langley with The Belle Vale and Nayorsfield Community Association
• Emily Lansley with Alex Austin
• Patricia Lee with the communities of Granby, Dingle and Toxteth
• Lewis’s In House Visual Team
• Alison Little
• Lloyds Autobody
• Nicola McCubbing with Orrell Park Youth Club
• Paul McKay
• Nicola McGovern
• Hannah Marshall
• Phillip Marsden
• Lisa Mitchell with pupils of Gateacre Community Comprehensive and KECS Creative Community Arts
• Alan Murray
• Sharon Mutch with Fazakerley 506 Detached Youth Project
• National Wildflower Centre with Jan Bell and Caroline Hunt
• Nook & Willow with John McNally
• Mark Nuttall
• Sally Olding
• Amanda Oliphant
• Christine O’Reilly Wilson
• Ilsa Parry
• Ilsa Parry with Christian Ewen
• Kathryn Pattullo
• Laurence Payot
• Pupils from Springwood Heath Primary School
• Annemarie Read
• Paul Riley, Learning and Skills Art Tutor and four art students from the NOCN Art Programme
• Debbie Ryan
• Debbie Ryan with pupils from Blueberry Park Primary School
• Steve Rooney and Sue Williams with Liverpool Royal School for the Blind
• Lisa Rostron, Lawn Creative
• Schools of Denbighshire and Flintshire
• Shape Design
• Olivia Simpson
• Smiling Wolf
• Benjamin Small with Anna Povall
• Benjamin Small with Jessica Gardiner
• Claire Stringer
• Claire Stringer with pupils from Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School
• Kim Tan and Creative Services – Liverpool City Council
• Julian J Taylor
• Ian Town
• Uniform
• Vik
• Annabel Wakefield
• Rachael Ward
• Louise Wood with Clubmoor Youth Centre
• Leanne Wookey, Team a go-go

If you would like to contact any of the artists who worked on a Superlambanana please contact us and we will help you get in touch with them: info@wildinart.co.uk

Here are just a few of the images and artists inspirations.

Vince Cleghorne with Kensington Junior Youth Inclusion Project - Superfive-a-day

The design ideas belong to the young people of Kensington Junior Youth Inclusion Project helped by staff and community artist Vincent Cleghorne. Inspired by healthy lifestyle initiatives, Five-a-day is a very colourful display of fruit and vegetables.

 

 

 

 

 

Rachel Ward - Lambline

The artist’s daily train journey into Liverpool gave her the idea to incorporate the train map into her design. The design gives information as well as something interesting to look at.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Helene-Marie Gilmour - Petite Fleur

This sartorial Superlambanana is designed to capture the environment of its sharply dressed surroundings - from the floral graphics, the diamante to the mirrors.

 

 

 

 

 

Finch – The Ideas Agency, produced by Candida Boyes - Top Banana

Top Banana was created to echo the smart face of Liverpool's premier new business address. Candida Boyes arrived in Liverpool in 1986 to be Designer in Residence at Liverpool Playhouse, moving on to be Head of Design for Mersey Television, where her projects included Brookside and Hollyoaks. Candida is currently a freelance designer working on a diverse portfolio of projects for theatre, film, TV and the corporate sector.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holly Langley - Our Working Community

Holly works within theatre, TV and community arts. She delivers creative workshops and projects that are aimed at encouraging children, adults and local community groups to enhance their creative skills and make something extraordinary. This design is inspired by the people of Liverpool - a community-based city; a multi-cultural city; a friendly city.

 

 

 

 

Paul Cousins – Cloudorama

Paul Cousins studied at The Liverpool School of Art where he was awarded the John Moores Scholarship on graduating in 1972. In 2007, he won the prestigious ‘Sefton Open’ with his painting entitled ‘Thin Air’ “I hope my design is in the spirit of the original SuperLambBanana. The design reflects of a panorama of clouds, the sky, the very air that we breathe. It is a reflection of a series of sky paintings that I have produced with an environmental subtext that highlights the threat we face as we continue to pollute and tamper with the earth's atmosphere.”

 

 

Amanda Oliphant – Superlambananatree

Amanda's art seeks to expose elements of daily life and environment that would otherwise go unnoticed. Placing tree forms onto a sculpture like the Superlambanana is an attempt to simply allow the public to reflect upon the landscape, the urbanisation of the city and the decreasing urban forests.

 

 

Alex Jackson – Purple Sky At Night

Alex Jackson is an artist and lecturer from Liverpool, his art is about contrast and conflict. He works in both traditional and digital sculpture. He lectures on Digital Film and Computer Games Design at Staffordshire University. Focussing on the world-famous Liverpool waterfront, this design captures the amazing Mersey skyline at night, emphasising its power and strength.

 

 

Olivia Simpson – Roy G Biv

Olivia’s mosaic design draws inspiration in part from the playfulness of Taro Cheizo's original artwork and also from the colourful, sculptural works of Niki de Saint Phalle. She has long been fascinated by the work of de Saint Phalle - whose first ever UK exhibition is being held at the Tate Liverpool in 2008.

 

 

Jaqueline Boylan – Culture Chalk

Jacqueline Boylan is a graduate of Dartington College of Arts. She works mainly in theatre and live art and likes to create work which is accessible yet challenging and engages new audiences. She said: “I wanted something that would be interactive, allowing the public to 'talk back' about the Year of Culture. What better than turning the Superlambanana into a chalkboard and inviting people to create the artwork by expressing their opinions?”