Download or read book Peter Kennard written by Peter Kennard and published by Pluto Press (UK). This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 50 years of hard-hitting protest art from Britain's foremost political artist

Download or read book earth written by Peter Kennard and published by Tate. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains no words: instead it tells its story in the universal language of photomontage, long the favoured medium of radical artists. The author 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. This photo-essay in seven chapters, combining new works, made together with Tarek Salhany, with iconic images from throughout the author's 40-year career. It makes a powerful statement about the impending eco-crisis, the arms race and the injustices of the power structures dominating today's world.

Download or read book Dispatches from an Unofficial War Artist written by Peter Kennard and published by Ben Uri Gallery & Museum. This book was released on 2000 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than twenty-five years, Peter Kennard has used his skills as a polemical artist to produce an astonishing collection of political photomontage images and installation work.Trained in Fine Art, Kennard abandoned painting in the 1970s in search of a new form of expression that could bring art and politics together for a wider audience. Written from a highly personal perspective, Dispatches from an Unofficial War Artist traces Kennard's artistic, political and personal development, from his early paintings in a coalshed, to art school and to a number of left-wing and radical campaigns, including those for CND. It brings together Kennard's own musings on his childhood, art, international politics and British society to make for a fascinating portrait of the times and of Kennard himself.In her introduction, Amanda Hopkinson discusses the historical roots of Kennard's work, examining Constructivism, the development of photography and photomontage, and the close relationship between art, politics and propaganda. Kennard himself writes about the possibilities of undertaking an aesthetic practice in relation to social change, and considers how his art has interacted with the politics of actual events. The narrative is thematic rather than chronological, showing how a visual motif can be re-used in different contexts. Kennard's original artwork is often reproduced alongside the newspaper or poster in which it appeared.

Download or read book Portraits written by John Berger and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Berger, one of the world's most celebrated storytellers and writers on art, tells a personal history of art from the prehistoric paintings of the Chauvet caves to 21st century conceptual artists. Berger presents entirely new ways of thinking about artists both canonized and obscure, from Rembrandt to Henry Moore, Jackson Pollock to Picasso. Throughout, Berger maintains the essential connection between politics, art and the wider study of culture. The result is an illuminating walk through many centuries of visual culture, from one of the contemporary world's most incisive critical voices.

Download or read book Journey of the Universe written by Brian Thomas Swimme and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors tell the epic story of the universe from an inspired new perspective, weaving the findings of modern science together with enduring wisdom found in the humanistic traditions of the West, China, India, and indigenous peoples. This book is part of a larger project that includes a documentary film, educational DVD series, and Web site.

Download or read book Return of the Rudeboy written by Dean Chalkley and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Irregular Army written by Matt Kennard and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2012-09-17 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the launch of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars—now the longest wars in American history—the US military has struggled to recruit troops. It has responded, as Matt Kennard’s explosive investigative report makes clear, by opening its doors to neo-Nazis, white supremacists, gang members, criminals of all stripes, the overweight, and the mentally ill. Based on several years of reporting, Irregular Army includes extensive interviews with extremist veterans and leaders of far-right hate groups—who spoke openly of their eagerness to have their followers acquire military training for a coming domestic race war. As a report commissioned by the Department of Defense itself put it, “Effectively, the military has a ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy pertaining to extremism.” Irregular Army connects some of the War on Terror’s worst crimes to this opening-up of the US military. With millions of veterans now back in the US and domestic extremism on the rise, Kennard’s book is a stark warning about potential dangers facing Americans—from their own soldiers.

Download or read book Posters of the Cold War written by David Crowley and published by Victoria & Albert Museum. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The arts.

Download or read book How to Trick People Into Doing the Right Thing written by Byron Kennard and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-10-02 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Byron Kennard is a retired community organizer who spent over half a century trying to get people to do the right thing. To his sorrow, Kennard learned that, by and large, most people are not inclined to do the right thing. They are too preoccupied with getting fed, getting laid, getting rich, and getting even with their enemies. So there's got to be another way to secure social progress and - hallelujah! - Kennard has found it. But it's a tricky business. The trick is not to bang on democracy's front door, demanding to be let in. At present, that entry is effectively barred. And so long as our democracy is severed by political polarization and crippled by corruption, that entry will remain barred.The trick is to sneak in through the back door.How to Trick People into Doing the Right Thing is a playful, entertaining book full of historical anecdotes about how astute political leaders in the past have employed deviousness to accomplish social progress.The premise of this book is not that people are no damn good. The premise is that enough people are no damn good enough of the time to screw everything up for us decent folk. Climate deniers, for example, constitute a distinct minority of the population, but they've fomented enough political polarization to make strong climate action by the government an impossibility. And we all suffer as a result. Similarly, Covid-19 deniers, also a minority of the population, are undermining efforts to control the virus, flying in the face of truth, science, and common sense. And here again we all suffer - mightily. What's to be done about these people? They can't be educated; they can't be persuaded to change their minds. Indeed, their minds are closed.They steadfastly refuse to hear what truth, science, and common sense has to say. So they are easy prey for demagogic politicians and faux populist zealots who will tell them whatever it is they want to hear.Meanwhile, the formal political system - established to protect and serve the common good - has been rendered largely inoperable by corruption, greed, and populist fury. Alas, when it comes to issues of overriding importance - most notably, climate and public health - the political system breaks down completely. Here a political consensus - necessary to support vigorous action - isn't even a dim possibility. Gee, wouldn't it be nice if there were some alternative universe where public-spirited political leaders sought genuine social progress and where upright, but savvy civic activists pursued ideals of social justice? Ah, just imagine it! Now - while we're fantasizing - let's assume that these noble souls are also wise in the wayward ways of the world, clear-eyed, tough-minded, and free of any illusions about the extent of humanity's wisdom and virtue. Moreover, let's assume they have experienced first-hand the anti-democratic machinations that make social progress well-nigh impossible.What if - despite all the monkey wrenches placed in the works - these noble souls were determined to get people to do the right thing, no matter what? Wouldn't that be something?! And what if - under the circumstances - they determined that the best way to do this was to trick people?Now for these tricks to succeed, much depends on the capacity of these leaders and activists to act deviously, to engage in prevarication, and to pretend that something is so when it is not. Of course, some nit-pickers might call this behavior dishonest, but I must stress here that the object is to get people to do the right thing, not the wrong. A benevolent outcome is the aim. That makes all the difference in the world, doesn't it? Finally, what if people, fell for these tricks - thereby unwittingly contributing to the cause of social progress? Wouldn't that be super-duper?! Sounds too good to be true, doesn't it? Well, rub your eyeballs and read on! Such a universe exists. This book proves it. - The Author

Download or read book The Politics of Street Trees written by Jan Woudstra and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-03-18 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the politics of street trees and the institutions, actors and processes that govern their planning, planting and maintenance. This is an innovative approach which is particularly important in the context of mounting environmental and societal challenges and reveals a huge amount about the nature of modern life, social change and political conflict. The work first provides different historical perspectives on street trees and politics, celebrating diversity in different cultures. A second section discusses street tree values, policy and management, addressing more contemporary issues of their significance and contribution to our environment, both physically and philosophically. It explores cultural idiosyncrasies and those from the point of view of political economy, particularly challenging the neo-liberal perspectives that continue to dominate political narratives. The final section provides case studies of community engagement, civil action and governance. International case studies bring together contrasting approaches in areas with diverging political directions or intentions, the constraints of laws and the importance of people power. By pursuing an interdisciplinary approach this book produces an information base for academics, practitioners, politicians and activists alike, thus contributing to a fairer political debate that helps to promote more democratic environments that are sustainable, equitable, comfortable and healthier.

Download or read book The Solex Brothers Redux written by Luke Kennard and published by . This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEXT GENERATION POET 2014Like a toboggan of wolves who have eaten their driver, The Solex Brothers rushes blindly through the forest, drawing on the tropes and archetypes of folk tales, parables, political manifestos, philosophical tracts and grammar. Unlike a toboggan of wolves, The Solex Brothers explores the fate of the individual – albeit a rather feeble individual – and of personal responsibility in a culture of absurd, inexorable forces. Farce navigating towards moral absolution in narratives at once Fauvist and Baroque, expunging the twee with a reformist's remorseless vigour; cherishing its influences with a poststructuralist’s vertical rigour; and, at times, chasing its tail with a schoolboy’s reductive snigger. Like a toboggan of wolves who are beginning to regret having set-upon and eaten their driver, the world of “The Solex Brothers” is funny, sad and irretrievably lost

Download or read book Unofficial War Artist written by Peter Kennard and published by Imperial War Museums. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at IWM London, 14th May 2015-30th May 2015.

Download or read book Images for the End of the Century written by Peter Kennard and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Redlands written by Philip Brookman and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Redlands weaves together an intimate sequence of photographs and a short story by Philip Brookman, set in California, Mexico and New York City during the unsettled decades of the 1960s and 1970s. Brookman uses fiction and images from his own photographic diaries to create a first-person account of Kip, an artist who wanders back and forth between farmworkers and poets--between California and New York--seeking to question the meaning of his mother's death. When Kip learns that he can't trust the eyewitness accounts of his sister, he picks up a camera to find meaning in his own experience. By juxtaposing the oppositional strategies of fiction and documentary practice to find an invented narrative, Redlands questions the veracity of logical observation and embraces the poetry of the real world.

Download or read book Bunny Island written by Pippa Kennard and published by . This book was released on 2016-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Sea of Japan lies Okunoshima Island, a popular wildlife tourist destination that is teeming with wild bunnies. Visitors come from near and far to visit the island's furry inhabitants, who are surprisingly tame and accustomed to human interaction. Now kids can come spend a day with the bunnies of Bunny Island. These irresistible creatures, captured in full-color, full-page photographs, are naturals in front of the camera. Young children will delight in these close-up photos of wiggling, yawning and kissing bunnies. The brief but endearing text will appeal to the animal lover in all of us. These are seriously busy bunnies! Flip through the pages to see how the bunnies hop, hop, hop and zoom, zoom, zoom across the page. Actions are accentuated with repetitive text to teach young children action words and invite them to join in on the fun. There is no quicker way to learn about bunnies! The book also includes facts about bunnies and Okunoshima Island.

Download or read book POSTERS FROM PADDINGTON PRINTSHOP written by JOHN. PHILLIPS and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dot and the Kangaroo annotated written by Ethel C Pedley and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-26 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little Dot had lost her way in the bush. She knew it, and was very frightened. She was too frightened in fact to cry, but stood in the middle of a little dry, bare space, looking around her at the scraggy growths of prickly shrubs that had torn her little dress to rags, scratched her bare legs and feet till they bled, and pricked her hands and arms as she had pushed madly through the bushes, for hours, seeking her home. Sometimes she looked up to the sky. But little of it could be seen because of the great tall trees that seemed to her to be trying to reach heaven with their far-off crooked branches. She could see little patches of blue sky between the tangled tufts of her way in the and was very drooping leaves, and, as the dazzling sunlight had faded, she began to think it was getting late, and that very soon it would be night.