International Times: What is Truth? Uncovering hidden or erased narratives

My latest review published by International Times is on the 'What is Truth?' season of exhibitions at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts:

'The postmodern attempt to uncover hidden or erased narratives is the primary driver for this 6-month investigation, as doing so gets us closer to the full picture which is, in Gibson’s words, the truth. The existential concern within this investigation is about the extent to which fake narratives and censorship may prevent that fuller realisation of the truth from being achieved. In Newsome’s words, this is necessary as it signals “that all these images, conversations, artists, and ideas are joined because interconnectedness is the true nature of all beings”.'

I also wrote an article for Seen and Unseen - 'Life is more important than art' - which reviews the themes of recent art exhibitions, such as those at the Sainsbury Centre, which tackle life’s big questions and the roles creators take.

My earlier reviews for IT were of: 'Giacometti in Paris' by Michael Peppiatt; the first Pissabed Prophet album - 'Zany in parts, moving in others, you’ll be hard pressed to find a more unusual, inspired & profound album this year. ‘Pissabed Prophet’ will thrill, intrigue, amuse & inspire' - and 'Religion and Contemporary Art: A Curious Accord', a book which derives from a 2017 symposium organised by the Association of Scholars of Christianity in the History of Art.

Several of my short stories have been published by IT including three about Nicola Ravenscroft's EarthAngel sculptures (then called mudcubs), which we exhibited at St Andrew's Wickford last Autumn. The first story in the series is 'The Mudcubs and the O Zone holes'. The second is 'The Mudcubs and the Clean-Up King', and the third is 'The mudcubs and the Wall'.

My other short stories to have been published by International Times are 'The Black Rain', a story about the impact of violence in our media, 'The New Dark Ages', a story about principles and understandings that are gradually fading away from our modern societies, and 'The curious glasses', a story based on the butterfly effect.

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