© Brian Jones 2002 Back to New Prints Gallery

‘Blairman Mao’ date : 2002 size : 30½” x 22½” medium : screenprint. notes : A classic piece of contemporary ‘Pop Art’, by rising ‘New Pop’ / Punk artist Brian Jones, which has political resonance with the works of John Heartfield, and George Grosz. This image has featured in the British Council touring exhibition ‘Upfront and Personal: Three Decades of UK Political Graphics’, on BBC Northern Ireland, and the ‘Pax Britannica’ anti-war exhibition at London’s Aquarium Gallery, where it hung, literally, next to works by Richard Hamilton and Jamie Reid. comment : “Blair as Chairman Mao; he was acting like a president, which brought this image to mind…..”. edition : 50    prints available

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