Open Eye Gallery

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Open Eye Gallery 16th September 2008

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Open Eye Gallery is a photography gallery established in 1977 and currently located on Wood Street in the city centre. The gallery, which has moved location three times before, is due to relocate to the waterfront in 2009.

Although Open Eye Gallery was one of the UK's first photography galleries and still primarily focuses on photography, its exhibitions also include video and film installations. Recent exhibitions have featured work related to Liverpool and nearby: I enjoyed "The Water's Edge" portraits of women who have worked around the Liverpool waterfront. The coming exhibition as part of Liverpool Biennial 08 will again focus on local people - workers at the Jaguar car plant in Halewood.

The gallery often features exhibitions developed in collaboration with other organisations such as Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool Arabic Arts Festival, FACT, National Museums Liverpool, so that a whole programme of connected cultural activity can be accessed across the city.

This is a small gallery in comparison to others in the city, but is well worth a visit. In spring 2009 they will move to new premises at Mann Island where they plan to increase their exhibition space, develop workshops and courses in photography, and expand their programme of screenings and talks.