20 August – 31 October 2019
London-born artist and activist Peter Kennard has spent his 50-year career harnessing the language of photomontage to communicate with the public.
The images that result incite debate and debunk myths. Often, they flatten time, aligning events and their consequences into a single picture.
Peter Kennard: Visual Dissent, curated by Futurecity and organised in parallel with the publishing of the book by the same name, celebrates the visual power of Kennard’s collective works from the past decades. The exhibition walls unfold with historical timelines of key events, layered posters and a display of Kennard’s montage tools, carefully selected and situated by the artist himself.
The exhibition invites you to consider the role of photomontage in engaging the public and initiating conversations, asking: How can images disrupt the familiar in streets, neighbourhoods and cities?
Read more: https://www.galleryatfoyles.com/#/upcoming-visual-dissent-peter-kennard/