*UPDATE!!* Extended to 15 April 2018 AN EXHIBITION OF FLAGS MADE FROM HUNDREDS OF WOMEN IN THEIR UNDERWEAR For the last five years I have been making photos from members of the public in their underwear using an adapted document scanner, which produces a very particular style of image. Exhibiting in the Brighton Photo Fringe for the second consecutive time, the show debuts this unique series of flags made using those scans. It took years to amass enough images to build these flags including scanning the public at events such as Glastonbury Festival in 2014. You too can get involved in the flags project by coming down to a drop-in underwear scanning event on the last day of the show, 29th Oct. Payment is free wine and gratitude for your trouble. Flags are symbolic, as is the act of subverting them. Some of my work uses the emotions people attach to such symbols for sociopolitical effect but this series is just about the joy of making cool visuals and supporting a good cause. I’m not beating you up with a message here. Life's too short to be serious all the time. October is breast cancer awareness month. One in eight women are affected, hence that
Freedom from Torture is very excited to announce its exclusive Private View of our biennial art exhibition and auction, Artists Drawing a Line under Torture, which in our 30th year will feature some of the biggest names in the contemporary art world. This Private View and Auction is a unique opportunity to enjoy an evening of drinks and canapés whilst browsing and bidding for the incredible paintings, sculptures and prints available. With all proceeds going directly to Freedom from Torture, your investment will help us help survivors of torture. We are delighted to confirm that the auction will again include works donated by Jamie McCartney, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Antony Gormley, Michael Craig-Martin, Edmund de Waal, Gillian Ayres, Ian Davenport, Julian Opie, Quentin Blake, Alan Cristea Gallery and many more established and emerging names in the art world, all available for you to bid on throughout the evening. As well as the silent auction, which will open online ahead of the event and continue throughout the evening, we will also be hosting a dynamic live auction hosted by Hugh Edmeads, International Director of Auctioneering at Christie's. RSVP: To confirm attendance for you and your guests, please contact Samuel Morton SMorton@freedomfromtorture.org or 020 7697 7808. We look forward to seeing you
London celebrates the 7th Annual Passion For Freedom Art Festival Nine months on from the tragic shootings at Charlie Hebdo, the art community come together in London to celebrate freedom Organisers reflect on a difficult year for free speech and art which has seen an additional 14 journalists and bloggers killed on top of the 12 Paris murders 12 films, 6 books and 6 journalists to be featured along with over 75 artworks from all over the world London, 3rd September 2015: The globally renowned Passion For Freedom art festival will open in London on Monday 21st September at its new home in the Mall Galleries. The exhibition will showcase uncensored art from the UK, Europe and around the world which aims to promote human rights, highlight injustice and celebrate artistic freedom of expression.