We were all really pleased with how the works played off one another; a coherence of many preoccupations that made up the reasons for having this exhibition which addressed political pessimism, the age of disbelief, austerity and the overlooked areas of the UK. Whilst John Wilkinson’s paintings addressed the damage done both by once worker-hungryContinue reading “Fighting For Crumbs – a Virtual Tour”
Author Archives: John B Ledger
Fighting For Crumbs…
I’ve been involved in setting this project up for the best part of a year… Over the past few years or so I have found a few people who were agreeing with my growing sentiment: That the mood and spirit of this society (global too) was in a deep depression, and that this had toContinue reading “Fighting For Crumbs…”
A Grief That’s Been Gagged and Buried (2016)
I don’t know when you could say such a time began (maybe at some point during the past decade or even earlier?), but I sense we are overdue some grieving time. And that’s because our civilisation (specifically our faith in a capitalist model – one based on exponential growth – to bring well-being and prosperity)Continue reading “A Grief That’s Been Gagged and Buried (2016)”
YOUR Freedom (2016)
YOUR Freedom (95X125cm, mixed media on paper, 2016) ‘YOUR Freedom’ is my latest work, and will feature in the Wakefield Redshed part of the group show Fighting For Crumbs (Art in The Shadow of Neoliberal Britain). Fighting For Crumbs (Art in the Shadow of Neoliberal Britain) is a group of artists from Yorkshire working amidstContinue reading “YOUR Freedom (2016)”
England’s Nervous Breakdown
Lost for words …not strictly, but they are wrapped up in a thick cloud of confusion and contradiction. But I’m putting out there EXACTLY how I’m feeling in the wake of last week’s referendum vote. Is this the nervous breakdown of a country? It’s becoming an unavoidable truth that what I’ve seen happening over theContinue reading “England’s Nervous Breakdown”
Under Digital Rain (in photos)
I am showing my work in Under Digital Rain, a show curated by John Wright, alongside artist Alexandra Gallagher’s Humanity’s Intellectual World, at Bowery Gallery in Headingley Leeds. Under Digital Rain is part of an ongoing project (dialogue?) between myself and John Wright called The Retro Bar at the End of Universe, and on theContinue reading “Under Digital Rain (in photos)”
The World Wide OneUpmanship
The World Wide One Upmanship (2016, 8x4FT mixed media on paper and card) This is a piece I made in response to being asked to make a site specific piece when in the initial stages of planning my current show at Bowery Gallery. The work is called The World Wide One Upmanship, and brings togetherContinue reading “The World Wide OneUpmanship”
A Deep Paralysis
(2016, A4, mixed media on paper)
Original work for ‘Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle’
Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle is a no holds barred, explosive feature length documentary exploring the decline and deception behind the social housing crisis in Britain. It will be directed by Paul Sng, maker of the acclaimed cinema release Sleaford Mods – Invisible Britain (2015) and the award winning film & television director LeeContinue reading “Original work for ‘Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle’”
Drainage System
(2016, A4, mixed media on paper)
John B Ledger 