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Attentive observers of the past ten years of British politics may not have heard of Kaya Mar, but chances are they will have seen one of his pictures - at a rally, or in an agency photograph syndicated around the world, or via a viral tweet. His paintings in oils are unlikely jewels of surreal satire, gleaming in the political desert in which we find ourselves: a kaleidoscopic gallery of the clowns, mountebanks and villains in charge, stripped of their self-importance and thrown overboard. This selection of 100 pictures, edited and introduced by Sam Kinchin-Smith, tells several stories at the same time: of how we got into this mess, of how we might get out of it, and of how Mar has become one of our most perceptive and wildly inventive political artists. It is the first proper account of the work of a cult figure around Westminster, promoted by the present crises to the status of national treasure: a satirist laureate for Brexit Britain. And fortunately, considering what doubtless lies ahead, he's only just getting started.Product Identifiers
PublisherBiteback Publishing
ISBN-139781785905957
eBay Product ID (ePID)18046524945
Product Key Features
Book TitleNaked Ambition: 100 Pictures of the Present Crisis
AuthorKaya Mar
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicCartooning
Publication Year2020
Dimensions
Item Height254mm
Item Width196mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorKaya Mar
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom