Inside Looking Out ; Answers to Correspondents

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QUESTIONWho is the artist turning buildings inside out in Liverpool? THE artist is Richard Wilson, who was born in London in 1953. He studied at the London College of Printing (now the London College of Communication), Hornsey College of Art and Reading University.

He held his first solo show 11 Pieces at London's Coracle Press Gallery in 1976. Since then, he has shown his work at 50 exhibitions around the world, including the Millennium Dome.

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Inside Looking Out ; Answers to Correspondents

Wilson uses architectural wizardry to transform anything from a window to a room, building or boat into something extraordinary, unexpected and surreal.

His best-known installation, 20:50, was shown at Matt's Gallery, London, in 1987 and acquired by Charles Saatchi. It takes the form of a room filled to waist height with used sump oil.

The viewer enters via a ...

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