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"This is a book about the creative life of Britain and the first attempt since the Festival of Britain to document the popular and folk art of the present day"--http://www.bookworks.org.uk/asp/detail.asp?uid=book_E46009BD-166D-4E0C-9F38-AD0303E0474E&sub=new.
Twenty-one artists, from all walks of life, gathered at the New York Academy of Art on Sunday, February 21, 2016, for a special life drawing class with a guest model: American rock legend Iggy Pop.
"The uses of literacy was originally an exhibition of art works produced by fans of the Manic Street Preachers."--Book cover
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One year ago, 'We're here because we're here' left a lasting impression on millions of people in the UK. A new book about the event is being released that records that remarkable day and details how it was produced by Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller, the National Theatre's Director, Rufus Norris and 14-18 NOW - the UK's arts programme for the First World War centenary. It was an event that reached 30 million people and humanised the great loss of life at the Battle of the Somme. 'We're here because we're here' saw some 1500 voluntary participants dressed in First World War uniform appear unexpectedly in locations across the UK. The project broke new ground in terms of its scale, br...
'Procession', conceived by artist Jeremy Deller, was a public event that took place in Manchester in July 2009. It included processional stalwarts, such as brass bands and rose queens, representations of historical and contemporary myth and folklore, and groups who constituted themselves especially for the occasion.
Containing colour images, this book brings together a variety of projects of a differing scale - from an early exhibition in his parents' house to Acid Brass, the recording and collaboration with a brass band playing Acid House anthems.
Text by Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson, Jeremy Deller.