During my first sojourn in Paris in the spring of 1960 I went to Montmartre, the site where the Paris Commune started in 1871. A few days later I went to the Pere Lachaise cemetery where some of the heroic Communards were buried. Those two visits moved me deeply. I made a painting in honour…
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David Medalla is a unique figure in the history of twentieth-century art. His unpredictable and playful approach to art-making has made him difficult to categorise, but he is increasingly recognised as a significant figure in the development of installation, kinetic and participatory art. His practice deliberately avoids the idea of sculpture as solid, timeless and…
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