Visual Art

Visual Arts

"What do you think an artist is? He’s a political being, constantly alive to heartrending, fiery, or happy events, to which he responds in every way. No, painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war, for attack and defense against the enemy."

Pablo Picasso

Monday, 14 March 2016 20:32

Walking on eggshells

Written by Anon

in Visual Arts

Walking on Eggshells - Anon, HMYOI Low Newton (female offenders). From the 2016 Koestler Award scheme for art made in prisons and secure hospitals.

prison art

Because Them's The Rules, Anon, HMP Kirklevington Grange

Monday, 14 March 2016 20:24

'As part of a drawing project I had to draw a view from a window. Security allowed me to do this but I was not allowed to draw the wall. I decided to replace it with the lines to the outline of the wall, following the rules, but still getting…

Fish and Chips by the ADS 2015 and by Fred Laidler, 1948

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Saturday, 05 March 2016 21:44

The Pitmen Painters and the Ashington District Star

in Visual Arts

Written by Michael Flynn and Julian Germain

Not all art is encased in gilt frames in galleries. An extraordinary arts collective has been developed in Ashington, Northumberland, where the Ashington Group - commonly known as the Pitmen Painters - worked in the 1930s. Michael Flynn and Julian Germain tell the story of how a remarkable photographic art…

Pitmen Painters community arts

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Wednesday, 27 January 2016 13:40

A Comedy of Ideas: The Cartoons of Bob Starrett

in Visual Arts

Written by David Betteridge

David Betteridge introduces some of the cartoons of Bob Starrett, the official cartoonist of the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Work-in of 1971-2. When we look at Starrett’s cartoons, we may sometimes laugh Ha! ha! ha! in amusement at his portrayal of some silliness of human behaviour. We may sometimes laugh Ha!…

cartoon UCS workin

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Thursday, 14 January 2016 17:15

Political Art

in Visual Arts

Written by Mina Boromand & Chris Bird

Mina and Chris create art and cartoons for 'The Morning Star' newspaper and trade union pubIications, hoping to connect political action to creativity and imagination. They have organised exhibitions and displays at the Marx Memorial Libraryand other left wing events such as the annual Red Star conference.Both are supporters of the…

political art

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K2_PUBLISHED_ON Monday, 04 January 2016 21:45

Artist and Empire

in Visual Arts

Written by Mike Quille

Mike Quille explores the relations between art, politics and empire, in the current Artist and Empire exhibition at Tate Britain. Has there ever been a more successful engine of global exploitation than the British Empire? And has any other empire been better at reframing that exploitation as benevolent paternalism, moral…

artist empire cultural struggle

Friday, 11 December 2015 00:00

Unofficial War Artist: Peter Kennard at the IWA

Written by Mike Quille

in Visual Arts

“The people’s peace museum” is Peter Kennard’s suggested name change for the Imperial War Museum, where his stunning images are currently on display. If Kennard ever does get his way on that one, it will be partly thanks to his 50-year artistic campaign of militant anti-war and anti-capitalist activism, the…

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