@earth

by Peter Kennard, Tarek Salhany (Collaborator)

As revolutionary in form as in content, @earth tells its story in the language of photomontage, one that requires no translation to be understood the world over. It’s also the medium long favored by radical artists like Peter Kennard, whose work demonstrates the important role art can play in political discourse. At turns challenging, unsettling, and poignant, these seven chapters combine new works made with Tarek Salhany with iconic images from throughout Kennard’s 40-year career. Together they create a moving statement about the impending eco-crisis, the arms race, war, and the injustices of the power structures dominating today’s world.

192 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2011

About the author

Peter Kennard is a London-born and based photomontage artist and Professor of Political Art at the Royal College of Art. Seeking to reflect his involvement in the anti-Vietnam War movement, he turned from painting to photomontage to better address his political views. He is best known for the images he created for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) in the 1970s–80s including a détournement of John Constable's The Hay Wain called "Haywain with Cruise Missiles".

Reviews

[Lucas · Rating 3 out of 5]

I expected this to be the book version of Koyaanisqatsi, and it kind of is, except without the incredible Phillip Glass soundtrack, it just feels like a boomer art student project. And it's not even that I disagree about the message or anything, but photoshopping missiles Inti a baby's mouth just feels tacky to me