Collage, from the French coller ‘to stick’, although an ancient practice is normally associated with the modernist movement of the 1900s, particularly with Braque and Picasso. As such, it also carries the sense of collision, knocking elements together in unlikely juxtaposition. The above work by the collagist Cold War Steve brilliantly conflates the First World … More Sticking it to the man
Just over 2000 years ago, in 18AD one of Rome’s greatest writers, Ovid, died in exile in Romania. This is the last year the UK will be able to rely on Romanian workers to work in our fields, as we exile ourselves from Europe. Not so much a quarantine as a life sentence. … More Ovid-18
Rome has always been my central reference point for triangulating where we now stand, or fall, in history. With the ghastly misadventure in Iraq in 2003, George Bush obviously thought of himself as a latterday Caesar, even prematurely celebrating success with the hubristic “Mission Accomplished”, in no doubt unconscious imitation of Caesar’s “veni, vidi, vici”. … More The Eagle Has Crash-Landed
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