LIVERPOOL LIME STREET IS BLOOMING MARVELLOUS

Wednesday 27 Oct 2004

LIVERPOOL LIME STREET IS BLOOMING MARVELLOUS

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Lime Street station has come into full bloom, hosting the artwork ‘Welcome Flower’ to celebrate the third Liverpool Biennial art exhibition. ‘Welcome Flower’, by artist Choi Jeong Hwa, consists of eight fabric flowers, suspended from the ceiling of the station, which inflate at different intervals. It has been made for the International 04 part of the Biennial. Station manager, Roy Greenhalgh said: “Network Rail is delighted to host this special event for the first time. Lime Street station is an ideal gateway to the exhibition for visitors to the city. “’Welcome Flower’ has been welcomed by everyone using the station, and we’re happy to be hosting such an interesting and colourful art installation, which is brightening up these dark autumn days for all the people using the station.” Choi Jeong Hwa makes large-scale inflatable fabric or fibreglass sculptures of flowers and fruit. His past pieces include Happy Together (2003) and Happy, Happy, Happy (2003). He also produced two new works for the Mori Art Museum’s opening show ‘Happiness.’

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