Columbus Immigrants Flying Sailing Ship (2018) Photography by Phillip Reese
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Seller Phillip Reese
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This work is an "Open Edition"
Photography,
Giclée Print / Digital Print
- Dimensions Several sizes available
- Several supports available (Fine art paper, Metal Print, Canvas Print)
- Framing Framing available (Floating Frame + Under Glass, Frame + Under Acrylic Glass)
- Artwork's condition The artwork is in perfect condition
- Categories Conceptual Art Everyday Life
USA is still a colonial country, or better, the minds of USA Americans are still colonial. The original population got weaken because of the lack of anticorps to illnesses most of the world were already immune to, and the process of overpowering that population did not take long. The subsequent occupation with the practice of slavery, made the USA system even worse than the worst colonial regimen in any other country. Sad that the trade of Africans started with African elites capturing people in their lands and selling later to the Europeans, a shared responsibility few remember. I remember, the most important part of my life was passed in Africa, Angola. It is because I was part of that colonial mind that I can see USA Americans behaving exactly like our colonial life was, the difference is, our colonialists had a place to go to, USA Americans have to resolve their problems facing each other. This paint was a reaction to Trump's rhetoric about immigration.
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Every child is an artist. For me, everyone is an artist. A lazy artist who said everything is art took me to this assertion. I'm lazy as well, I only do what distracts me.
I came to UK in 1994 and I got a boring job. It was hard to adapt to the system. Being asocial rarely people likes me, local working politics and populism did the rest. I started losing my hair in droves and at the same time, the paper dust from criminal cases was affecting my health. To balance this I took up painting.
I never thought about competitions, but my CPS colleagues told me to enter in the competition. It was a competition for civil servants. I followed the bureaucratic rules literally and I created a work that reflected the title, 'Honesty, Integrity, Impartiality, and else'.
The jury went off the script and selected a work that was just a red blot, nothing to do with the rules. I was the runner-up, but I was happy, democracy had won, those rules felt as I was still living in a communist country, where ideals do not correspond to the reality.
I'm also an author, Phillip Reese on Amazon's, with books like The Amateur (now waiting for the 2nd edition), BRUSHES & MICE, MICE & BRUSHES, THE AMATEUR, BEFORE I LOST MY COUNTRY (a personal journey in old Africa), Poems Riding Poems (adapting to London, a new world), and a few more titles.
You're welcome to visit me.
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Nationality:
UNITED KINGDOM
- Date of birth : 1950
- Artistic domains:
- Groups: Contemporary British Artists
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