After the Brexit referendum and before the withdrawal agreement was reached, Theresa May became leader of the Conservative party and Prime Minister of the UK. In attempting to unite views within a bitterly divided party, May’s speeches were often prefixed with the words ‘Let me be Clear’; she would then go on to make meaningless, or opaque statements as to her definition of the Brexit process. (Glass work fabricated by Paul Hickson)
After the Brexit referendum and before the withdrawal agreement was reached, Theresa May became leader of the Conservative party and Prime Minister of the UK. In attempting to unite views within a bitterly divided party, May’s speeches were often prefixed with the words ‘Let me be Clear’; she would then go on to make meaningless, or opaque statements as to her definition of the Brexit process. (Glass work fabricated by Paul Hickson)
After the Brexit referendum and before the withdrawal agreement was reached, Theresa May became leader of the Conservative party and Prime Minister of the UK. In attempting to unite views within a bitterly divided party, May’s speeches were often prefixed with the words ‘Let me be Clear’; she would then go on to make meaningless, or opaque statements as to her definition of the Brexit process. (Glass work fabricated by Paul Hickson)
152 nitrous oxide canisters found in the streets near the artist's home during 2017. nitrous oxide is a 'legal high' often associated with younger people whose spare time is assumed to be spent on 'street corners'.
This work follows a visit to the site of Sachenhausen concentration camp in the State of Berlin. The work explores the implications from the prisoner’s perspective of the words 'ARBEIT MACHT FREI', which are written in the prison gates.
The work uses text elements from Tony Blair's 2002 memo to G W Bush written before the start of the second American war in Iraq to highlight the contrast between the appearance and meaning of the blandishments in this secret memo with the devastating outcomes of war.
This work follows a visit to the site of Sachenhausen concentration camp in the State of Berlin. The work explores the implications from the prisoner’s perspective of the words 'ARBEIT MACHT FREI', which are written in the prison gates.
The piece derives from events during 2017 around 'Brexit' and contains the text fragments 'Crush The Saboteurs', 'Enemies of the People' and 'Self-consumed malcontents', all of which have appeared on the front pages of the Daily Mail during 2016, '17.
This work follows a visit to the site of Sachenhausen concentration camp in the State of Berlin. The work explores the implications from the prisoner’s perspective of the words 'ARBEIT MACHT FREI', which are written in the prison gates.