Art and Ruler: The War Over Visual Culture
Art has almost always been a political battleground. It has been harnessed by rulers, suppressed by dictators and controlled by states, all of whom understood it to be a vital source of power. Despite being a mode of expression, artistic production can be easily exploited as a tool for societal repression through both censorship and…
On Muses, On Venus, On Fantasy
The reproduction of the female form in art history becomes as exploitative as its consumption. The female body must perform the function of Madonna or whore, the lustful or the shameful, the desired or undesirable. We seem to be controlled by a binary, where a woman must become the entire essence of something idyllic, lacking…
An Iconographic Walk through the National Gallery with Roma Liberov’s Reflections
On 16 January, The Arc London in Fitzrovia opened Roma Liberov’s solo exhibition Reflections: “a poem is as real as a utility bill”, which I had the privilege to curate. The show brings together a series of mixed-media photographic works created over the past two years of the artist’s life in London. Liberov’s practice, long…
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