Isabel Nolan – BEDROCK
The work of Irish artist Isabel Nolan features at two venues at the 13th Liverpool Biennial of contemporary art, Walker Art Gallery and St. John’s Gardens. The artist works in sculpture, painting, textiles and text and explores notions of reality and identity, and the human compulsion to understand and define our situations and relationships with others. ‘BEDROCK’ draws on Liverpool’s distinctive geography and the beliefs which underpin the city’s social foundations. It is inspired by the sandstone which spans the city region and is found in its distinctive architecture and acts as a metaphor for the social foundations of Liverpool and the people, places and values that ground all of us. The Liverpool Biennial runs until September 14. In 2026, Nolan will represent Ireland at the 61st Venice Biennale.