What colour would you like your Superlambanana?

Jan 30 2008 by Philip Key, Liverpool Daily Post

Superlambananas arrive in the city for Capital of Culture event. Picture: Colin Lane _320

TWO Superlambanana sculptures are going to get a new artistic look – by having paint poured over them.

The paint-pouring on February 5 is an attempt to get other artists involved in Liverpool’s 2008 project Go Superlambananas in which 100 copies of Liverpool’s now iconic sculpture will be customised by artists.

The results will then be placed around the city from June for a ten week period.

Artists are being invited to Liverpool’s Static Gallery on February 5 to see French-born, Liverpool-based female artist Laurence Payot work on two of the sculptures.

By pouring paint over them she hopes to create a rainbow-coloured installation that will later be displayed in the shop window of Utility in Bold Street. Vanessa Bartlett, arts co-ordinator of the project for Wild In Art, explains: “We want artists to be as creative as possible, whether it’s graffiti art, installation or painting. We need them to submit ideas.”

The artists will hopefully get sponsorship from busi- nesses like Liverpool’s Commercial District Partnership which represents business in Liverpool’s city district, based around the Old Hall Street area.

Chief executive Paul Rice says the partnership has already commissioned one artist, David Fanning, who created a Liverpool skyline of one of the fibreglass sculptures. It will be displayed at premises in the area.

Wild in Art is a national organisation which combines animal interests with art.

Artists seeking commissions need an entry form from Wild in Art which they can take from the website info@wildinart which will also give details of the artists’ reception at the Static Gallery.