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Saturday 10 November 2018

Artlyst: Peter Howson - Acta Est Fabula

My latest piece for Artlyst is a review of Peter Howson's Acta Est Fabula at Flowers Gallery

'With this exhibition, we are immersed in scenes of degradation, imposed and sought out, within which occasional moments of self-realisation and awareness occur. This is common ground for Howson, whether in Glasgow, Bosnia or elsewhere; homo homini lupus (man is wolf to man) is consistently demonstrated throughout the world and throughout history. Howson stands with all those artists, such as Bosch, Goya, Dix and Rouault, who have sought to raise our gaze from the mire by painting the extent to which we are sinking in the mire. There is a strong apocalyptic strand to the images he is currently creating; apocalyptic imagery fuelled by the experience of Brexit and the wave of populism of which Brexit is a symptom and for which it was a catalyst.'

My other Artlyst articles and interviews are:
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Fairport Convention - Who Knows Where The Time Goes.

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