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GENERATION ACTION
Protests, at home and across the world, have seen large numbers voicing their demands for a better present or a safer future. Young people have started to take a lead, where they see others falling short. Few will have been untouched by Greta Thunberg’s oratory, mobilising millions and calling world leaders to account. On a smaller scale, seven Greenpeace protestors, dressed in red, lined up to stop Boris Johnson’s new Prime Ministerial car. In an inspirational gesture, they faced up to the values – the arrogance and duplicitous self-interest - that he represents. In these seven drawings, more red clad figures - ordinary people - stand proud to call for change. They call out just a few of today's injustices and attitudes that need to be challenged. Peaceful protesters - and artists - can tell awkward truths. We can nod in agreement, then do something to make a difference. Or not. The drawings were made on an iPad with the very simple Adobe Fresco app, completed in March 2020 and inkjet printed for display at 50x50cm. |
The series was ready for exhibition in April 2020. Lockdown scuppered that.
By the end of the year, the drawings felt a long time ago; before things changed. They were before social bubbles and contact tracing, before Zoom meetings and Barnard Castle; they were Before Covid.
I made one more drawing.
By the end of the year, the drawings felt a long time ago; before things changed. They were before social bubbles and contact tracing, before Zoom meetings and Barnard Castle; they were Before Covid.
I made one more drawing.
