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Who’s Resuscitating What Now?
Carys Granger talks us through the Norman Rea Gallery’s most recent exhibition: ‘Resuscitate’, and why it’s so different from the gallery’s previous projects.
Agitprop and Orwell: Shepard Fairey’s subversion of Soviet artwork and George Orwell’s 1984.
Amelia Erswell introduces us to 1920s Agitprop and follows its influence and reappropriation in popular culture, most notably in regard to Orwell's ‘1984’.
Interview with Olivia Leake
Otty Allum interviews artist Olivia Leake on her depiction of female nudity, taking a look at her paintings that were recently featured in the Norman Rea Gallery’s ‘Dreamland’ exhibiton.
Interview with Matilda Herd: Knitwear in Dreamland
Sophie Norton interviews graduate artist Matilda Herd about elements of her collection that were featured in ‘Dreamland’, and the inspiration behind them.
Poetry Is In The Streets: Lessons From The Beat Generation
Sophie Norton recounts the feelings of liberation in post-war America that stirred the Beat Generation poets to action, and traces the influence the group have had on poetry, art and music today.