@Earth
Peter Kennard
TATE
Hardcover
130 x 180 mm
192 Pages
2011
ISBN 9781854379849
“@earth” is as revolutionary in form as it is in content. It contains no words: instead it tells its story in the universal language of photomontage, long the favoured medium of radical artists. Peter Kennard is one such, whose work has consistently questioned power structures and injustice, from his anti-nuclear works of the 1980s to his powerful works in response to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. “@earth” is a photo-essay in seven chapters, combining new works, made together with Tarek Salhany, with iconic images from throughout Kennard’s 40-year career. In turn challenging, shocking, unsettling and poignant, “@earth” makes a powerful statement about the impending eco-crisis, the arms race and the injustices of the power structures dominating today’s world.
About the Artist
Peter Kennard (born 17 February 1949) is a London-born and based photomontage artist and Professor of Political Art at the Royal College of Art. Seeking to reflect his involvement in the anti-Vietnam War movement, he turned from painting to photomontage to better address his political views. He is best known for the images he created for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) in the 1970s–80s including a détournement of John Constable’s The Hay Wain called “Haywain with Cruise Missiles”.
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