A Little book of Attestation
Written by John Osborne, Photographs by Jason Shipley
What happens to the verbal and the visual sign when they come under the pressure of topical event – from English nationalism to child abuse, from Brexit to climate change? What can be won for art by adopting a poetics of resistance? And which past artists offer the most utile models when attempting to confront our current crises? This little book combines the photographs of Jason Shipley with the poems of John Osborne in an attempt to find out.
Written by John Osborne, Photographs by Jason Shipley
What happens to the verbal and the visual sign when they come under the pressure of topical event – from English nationalism to child abuse, from Brexit to climate change? What can be won for art by adopting a poetics of resistance? And which past artists offer the most utile models when attempting to confront our current crises? This little book combines the photographs of Jason Shipley with the poems of John Osborne in an attempt to find out.
Written by John Osborne, Photographs by Jason Shipley
What happens to the verbal and the visual sign when they come under the pressure of topical event – from English nationalism to child abuse, from Brexit to climate change? What can be won for art by adopting a poetics of resistance? And which past artists offer the most utile models when attempting to confront our current crises? This little book combines the photographs of Jason Shipley with the poems of John Osborne in an attempt to find out.