There we are, it is March 29, the fateful date: it is the Brexit Day, a date that will change forever the course of history and will have reprisals worldwide. We at Collater.al, to commemorate the anniversary of the vote on Brexit, offer some of the most significant works of the artists who have sided against the split.
Banksy
Just yesterday afternoon, street artist Banksy put his famous 2009 work Monkey Parliament back on his Instagram profile. Although his most famous work on the theme of Brexit is the one made in Dover in 2017, which sees a worker
Joe Sweeney
London-based artist Joe Sweeney has created an interactive public installation on an English beach, precisely in Dungeness, with the bizarre name +44…..Leave a Message for Europe. The work acts as an answering machine and allows viewers to be part of a permanent archive in response to the delicate theme of Brexit.
Although he is not a work against his will, the artist has expressed his perplexity about the fate of the United Kingdom in a statement concerning his work:
“The sculpture also represents the U.K., facing new challenges and an uncertain future”.
Paintsmiths e WeAreEAurope
This work by Paintsmiths commissioned by the anti-Brexit collective WeAreEAurope is certainly one of the most incisive contents inside the Brexit art aganist tank. The mural is a clear reference to the kiss between former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and Eric Honecker of East Germany. The updated version sees Trump making out with the former mayor of London, Boris Johnson, leader of the Brexit campaign. The work dates back to 2016, but still remains a work of impact and full of meaning.
Odeith
Another work of 2016 is the mural of the street artist Odeith in Bristol, on the occasion of the Upset festival. In this work actor Benny Hill is exclaiming “Good bye Europe“, Benny was known for The Benny Hill Show and has remained a prominent figure in British culture.
Kaya Mar
Kaya Mar, a Turkish-English artist, has created a series of caricatures that do not give rise to the bitter protest against Brexit. Among the most famous works is the one in which Theresa May is visibly losing control of the situation.
