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Jelly Mould Pavilions
The main Jelly Mould Pavilions exhibition is being held at Sudley House, from 27 March to 6 June 2010. To accompany the exhibition some indivuidual jelly mould interventions can be found at other venues.
Artist Lubaina Himid has hand-painted Victorian jelly moulds to celebrate the ongoing contribution of the Black community to the city of Liverpool. These are models of monuments which will never be built. The ceramic forms are covered in brightly coloured patterns, texts and portraits.
Although these monuments may never be built, their purpose is to encourage visitors to ask questions about the city's history, how we can celebrate and commemorate the Black community or whether we do this already.
Lubaina chose Victorian jelly moulds as they symbolise the African diaspora's link to the sugar industry that once used enslaved Africans.
The main exhibition of 30 jelly moulds and 14 prints is at Sudley House in Mossley Hill. There are also a number of individual jelly mould interventions on display at various locations across Liverpool and the Wirral, including this one at Lady Lever Art Gallery.
Lubaina chose to display a jelly mould at the Lady Lever Art Gallery because it symbolises sugar, trade, commerce and pleasure.
A map and further details of the locations of the other jelly mould interventions is on the main exhibition page.
All events are free drop-in sessions with no booking required:
Jelly Mould Pavilions is part of Liverpool and the Black Atlantic, a series of exhibitions and events that explores connections between cultures and continents. Partners include the Bluecoat, FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology), Metal, Tate Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, International Slavery Museum and University of Liverpool.