Liverpool Biennial 2025: Bedrock
David Trigg, studio international
July 2025
‘At a time when many old certainties are being eroded and swept away, the theme of this year’s Liverpool Biennial seems especially apposite. Titled “Bedrock”, the exhibition’s 13th edition addresses the things that ground us, whether cultural, social, emotional, or even geological. Although the physical bedrock of Liverpool – the distinctive yellow and red sandstone from which many of its grand civic buildings are built – provided the starting point for curator Marie-Anne McQuay, the theme is largely interpreted in terms of metaphor by the 30 participating artists and collectives, who lead us from contemplations of deep time and the exploitation of natural resources, to the foundational structures of family, community, faith and tradition.’ […]