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

Saturday, 03 April 2021 08:17

One Nation Under CCTV

Written by Gabriel Rosenstock

in 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…

Friday, 12 March 2021 09:19

For the Common Good

Written by Friedrich Farshaad Razmjouie

in Visual Arts

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,…

Covid19 vaccines

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Tuesday, 02 March 2021 13:10

The radical imagery of William Blake

in 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…

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Wednesday, 24 February 2021 21:55

The Dialectics of Art

in 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,…

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K2_PUBLISHED_ON Thursday, 26 November 2020 14:38

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

in Visual Arts

Written by Friedrich Farshaad Razmjouie

K2_PUBLISHED_ON Tuesday, 10 November 2020 16:13

Capitalism Always Wins

in Visual Arts

Written by Bob Starrett

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Wednesday, 04 November 2020 17:04

Four Horsemen

Written by Martin Gollan

in Visual Arts

Wednesday, 21 October 2020 11:04

Photographs that sing: In memory of Chris Killip, 1946-2020

Written by Graeme Rigby

in 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…

Friday, 02 October 2020 10:42

Peace

Written by Friedrich Farshaad Razmjouie

in Visual Arts

Tuesday, 18 August 2020 11:42

Coal mines become gift shops: Black Suns at Louvre Lens

Written by Dennis Broe

in Visual Arts

Dennis Broe reviews Black Suns at Louvre Lens in France, on until the end of January 2021 Lens was a small but highly important town in the industrial era of the late 19th century, located in the former French-Belgium coal belt. It is now the home of the satellite museum…