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Activist Artist - Chris Holden
Envionmental & political art
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FORGOTTEN MADONNA & CHILD. Acrylic paint on canvas: 152cms x122cms (2005)
'WAR IS THE ENEMY OF THE POOR Acrylic paint on board (MDF) 79cms x 61cms.
" THE WAR ON TERROR " - IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
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WAR AND PEACE - the build up of troops on the Iraq border & the anti -Iraq War demonstration in Hyde Park, London (c. 1.5 million people) just before the invasion of Iraq Febuary 2003
Diptych - 40.5cm x 1m2cm (2003)
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SHOCKing & AWful -( the invasion of & occupation of Iraq in 2003 was named " Shock & Awe")
Acrylic paint on canvas: 152cms x 122cms (2010)
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' ON A MISSION FROM GOD ' Accrylic paint on canvas: 156 cms x 125 cms (2007)
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EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION Acrylic paint on canvas: 123 cms x 107 cms (2006)
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TIP OF THE ICEBERG - EXRAORDINARY PENDITION FLIGHTS. Acrylic paint on canvas. 152cms x 122cms (2008)
THE IRAQ WAR - A LEGACY - ( for information on the two names in the foreground, David Keogh & Leo O'Conor -
Acrylic paint on canvas: 101 cms x 101 cms (2007)
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REMEMBRANCE - Diptych. Acrylic paint on canvases: 156 cms x 190 cms. (2003-04)
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DETAIL - in Our Name
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IN OUR NAME (The Iraq War) mixed media:
182 cms x 122 cms x 30 cms (2003)
ITHE IRAQ WAR - A LEGACY
Acrylic paint & sand on canvas. 1m 2cm x 1m2cm
For information on the two names in the foreground
CLUSTER BOMBLETS IRAQ 2003
Commission for FRONT and REAR cover for a CD, ' Marching On ' by a modern Punk Band -" The Exposd "
LET ME TAKE YOU BY THE HAND & SHOW YOU SOMETHING TO CHANGE YOUR MIND - DEPLETED URANIUM MUNITIONS IRAQ
Acrylic paint on canvas: 120 cms x 120 cms (2008)
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THE IRAQ WAR - DEPLETED URANIUM WEAPONS. Collage & Pastel on board 45cm x 45cm
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STATE TERRORISM - AIR BRUSHED OUT: Acrylic paint on canvas: 1m58 cms x 2m75 cms (2006)
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HYPOCRISY - PRESIDENT G. BUSH AT THE FUNERAL OF THE POPE IN 2005. Pencil on canvas: 152 cms x 121 cms (2005)
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VEILED. Acrylic paint, ink & synthetic net. (2006)
DETAIL - Hypocrisy....
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IN MEMORARY OF BRIAN HAW - A Pprosed statue in Parliament Sq. Acrylic paint on canvas: 1m30 cms x 76 cms,
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IRAQ WAR LEGACY (1) - The $600,000,000,000 spent on the Iraq war between 2003 to 2008, could have built over 9,000 wind farms with the overall capacity to meet a quarter of the US's current electricity demand & cut one 6th of the countries total Co2 emissions
Acrylic paint on canvas:121 cms s 91 cms (2010)
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IRAQ WAR LEGACY (2) - It has been estimated that 141 million metric tons of Co 2 were produced by the Iraq war between 2003 & 2008.
Acrylic paint on canvas. 122cms x 92cms (2010)
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OPENING THE GATES OF HELL - THE IRAQ WAR. Acrylic paint on canvas: 121 cms x 91 cms (2014)
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FOUR SEPERATE CANVASES. Acrylic paint - each one 63cms x 92cms (2011)
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THE COST OF BLACK GOLD mIxed media. (h) 149cms s (w) 61cms x (d) 55cms (2016)
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EXPORTING DEMOCRACY, WALTER WOLFGANG BEING REMOVED FROM THE LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE 1N 2005 Acrylic paint on canvas 1m x 1m (2006)
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'THOU SHALT NOT KILL' Acrylic pint on canvas: 1m1 cm x 76cms (c 2005)
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PETRODOLLAR WARFARE Acrylic pint on canvas: 80cms x 120cms (2009)
The Iraq war inquiry began in 2009
ANOTHER WHITE WASH with quote by
Collage & acrylic paint: (2009)
THE IRAQ WAR - DEPLETED URANIUM MUNITIONS. Collage & Patel on board: 45 cms x 45 cms (2010)
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THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN Acrylic paint on canvas: 1m x 1m (2010)
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DETAIL - The war in Afghanistan.....
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TERRORISM - Yellow aid packages were dropped by ther US in Afghanistan, the sameclour as unexploded cluster bomblets: 1m x 2m (Diptych) c2005
DRONE WARFARE -KILLING BY REMOTE CONTROL. Acrylic paint on canvas: 152cms x 122cms (2014)
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IRAQ WAR BLOWBACK Acrylic paint on canvas 1m20cms x 1m20cms (2015)
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TRUTH PRIZE MEDAL Acrylic paint on canvas: 106cms x 106cms (2013)
JULIAN ASSANGE
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THE MORAL HIGH GROUND Acrylic paint on canvas: 1m58cms x 2m75cms (2001-02)
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WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN ? Acrylic paint on canvas: 102.5CMM X 107CMS (2009)
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REBRANDRD Acrylic paint on canvas: 1m22cms x 92cms (2009)
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PROTEST - Left, London Nov 1911. Right, London Nov 2010
Acrylic paint on canvas 76cms x 1m53cms. (2011)
CUT THE WAR, NOT EDUCATION. Image on right from student riots in London 2010, against cuts in education funding & rise in tuition fees. Image on left, coalition soldier in Afghanistan. Acrylic paint on canvas: 90cms x 1m90cms (2011)
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'PROJECT FOR THE NEW AMERICAN CENTURY (PNAC)' - 9/11 FALSE FLAG (1) - TWIN TOWERS Acrylic paint on canvas : 1m84cms x 2m44cms (2005)
9/11 FALSE FLAG (2) - PENTAGON aCRYLIC PAINT ON CANVAS: 92CMS X 152CMS (2018)
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THE TRUTH ABOUT 9/11. collage & gouache on board: 67cmx x 44cms (2010)
'INSIDE JOB' - Refs: Book - ' Bush & Cheyney - How they ruined America and the World' by Prof. David Rey Grfifin (Pub: 2017) -also
DETAIL - INSIDE JOB........
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ALL EMPIRES FALL Acrylic paint on canvas: 152cms x 122cms (2006)
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UNWINABLE WARS. Collage & Gouache: 25cms x 35cms (2010)
UNTITLED Acrylic paint on canvas: 92cms X 122cms (2015)
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MAN MADE CLIMAtE CHANGE. Acrylic paint on canvas: 1m x 1m (2010)
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UNTITLED Acrylic paint on canvas: 76cms x 102cms (2012)
" THERE'S NO ROAD TO PEACE. PEACE IS THE ROAD" Ghandi. Acrylic paint on canvas: 1m53cms x 2m12 (2004)
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CREATION & DESTRUCTION - ' If women ruled the world,there would be no wars' 152cms x 122cms
YEMEN
WAR IN YEMEN - BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY. Acrylic paint on canvas: 92cms x 122cms ( 2017)
DETAIL - WAR IN YEMEN.....
ISRAEL / PALESTINE CONFLICT
THE COST OF BLACK GOLD Mixed media (h) 147 cms x (w) 63 cms x (d) 55 cms. (2016)
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PALESTINE - Gouache paint & pencil on board: 343mm x 496mm (2013)
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OCCUPATION IS A CRIME Acrylic paint on canvas: 122cms x 153cms (2009)
SPIRIT OF RESISTANCE - PALESTINE Acrylic paint on canvas: 122cms x 122cms (2014)
SYRIA
MAGIC MONEY TREE (the uk conservative government was always telling the opposition parties, that there was 'no magic money tree' However. in April 2018 - missile strike on Syria was launched
Acrylic paint on canvas: 92cms x 122cms (2018)
DETAIL - 'Money Magic Tree' .........
NORTH KOREA
"Pot Calling the Kettle Black"! - (Kim Jong/ Donald Trump.) 2017) Acrylic paint on canvas: 61cms x 122cms.
' MY NUCLEAR BUTTON IS BIGGER & MORE POWERFUL, & IT WORKS' Acrylic paint on canvas: 122cms x 92cms (2018)
LIBYA
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NATO INTERVENTION IN LIBYA 2011 - COST TO THE UK. Acrylic paint on canvas: 122cms s 152 cms I(2011)
BALKANS WAR
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BOMB BOMB BOMB (DIPTYCH) Acrylic paint on canvas: 184cms x 157cms (1999)
BOMB BOMBBOMB - RIGHT CANVAS.
LEBANON
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ROOT OF THE PROBLEM -SECURITU COUNCIL RESOLUTION 242- (Bombing of lebanon
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WORLD WAR 1 - 100th ANNIVERSARY
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WORLD WAR 1 CELEBRATION 2018 'NO GLORY'
Acrylic paint on canvas: 122cms x 152cms (2018)
DETAIL 1 -TOP LEFT
DETAIL 2 - BOTTOM RIGHT
ATTACK ON LEBANON - ROOT OF THE PROBLEM, UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 242
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