May Day 2021: Boris Britain Wallpaper
Written by Jane Burn
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Visual Arts
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
One Nation Under CCTV
Written by Gabriel Rosenstock
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Visual Arts
Gabriel Rosenstock presents a bilingual tanka in Irish and English, the 31 syllables configured as 5-7-5-7-7, written in response to the above work of street art by Banksy. i am watching YouBeloved, You're watching methey are watching us keep Your eyes open, won't you when You're awake and asleep táim…
For the Common Good
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Visual Arts
Written by
Friedrich Farshaad Razmjouie
Does History repeat itself . . . . . .? In the past, heroes used to do the undoable to become the savior of their time. Today however humanity is at risk from a virus which is overshadowing the planet and killing many innocent people. Scientists are the heroes today,…
The radical imagery of William Blake
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Visual Arts
Written by
Caroline Ritchie
Caroline Anjali Ritchie discusses William Blake, trees, and 18th-century radicalism. Image above: The Divine Image, from Songs of Innocence and of Experience Poet and artist William Blake was energetically engaged with the political thought of his day. His ties to the radical publisher Joseph Johnson and associated figures such as…
The Dialectics of Art
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Visual Arts
Written by
John Molyneux
John Molyneux introduces his new book, The Dialectics of Art This book is the product of a love of, and engagement with, art that goes back to my childhood in London in the nineteen fifties and sixties. It consists of a combination of case studies of particular artists – Michelangelo,…
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
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Visual Arts
Written by
Friedrich Farshaad Razmjouie
Capitalism Always Wins
Written by Bob Starrett
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Visual Arts
Four Horsemen
Written by Martin Gollan
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Visual Arts
Photographs that sing: In memory of Chris Killip, 1946-2020
Written by Graeme Rigby
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Visual Arts
Graeme Rigby writes a memorial piece about Chris Killip, who died recently. Above image of Chris ® Kent Rodzwicz It was late 1982. My first paid gig as a writer was from Side Gallery, which Amber film and photography collective had set up in 1977. It was to write a…
Peace
Written by Friedrich Farshaad Razmjouie
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Visual Arts
