FIFTY Liverpool grandmothers are being invited to a sushi banquet held by a visiting Japanese artist on Saturday.

Tatsumi Orimoto will film the meal, at the A Foundation’s gallery space on Greenland Street, for a future piece of art.

The event aims to celebrate the caring relationships that exist between different generations.

Half of the grandmothers are residents of local care homes, while candidates are invited to apply for the other 25 places.

Orimoto, who lives and works in Kawasaki City, said: “I just want the grandmothers to come andŠ have an enjoyable time eating and seeing the museum.”

The artist’s work is inspired by his role as full-time carer to his mother, Odai, who suffers from Alzheimer’s and depression.

He uses his art to explore ways of communicating with her and overcoming the challenges caused by her condition.

He said: “I am interested in grandmothers because the generation of my mother has had a hard life, such as during the war.

“My own grandmother liked art when I was young, so I came to like art too, and she liked me painting from a young age.

“When I had had the examination for art university, she gave me a small studio space because my father did not like the smell of the oil paint and he would have preferred me to follow a career in design.”