Joyce Kozloff
Boys Art # 2 Nagasaki 2003

American artist, Joyce Kozloff 's highly decorative work reminds me of ancient maps, which combined practical geographical information with decoration, and images of mythical Gods and beasts. Yet Kozloffs work is both down to earth and politically charged, dealing with with the subjugation of peoples under the domination of Empire. Drawing inspiration from older civilizations, who's intricate patterns embody profound mythological and spiritual meanings.

Joyce Kozloff
Jodhpur Blue 1996.
Section 29 x 42.7 cm

39 foot piece. Cast paper & plaster, wood and enamel, paint, indian ink , collage on paper, watercolour on silk. Kozloff maps interweave images, recipes and extracts from books to form a rich patchwork mapping the human and cultural elements of a geographical site.

Consisting of 8 panels, depicting street maps, photographs, recipes and food.

From her exhibition, 'Crossed Purpose'.

Victor Burgin

Today is the Tomorrow You Were Promised Yesterday. 1976

This image boasts a typically British street scene. Alongside the image is a poetic verse which speaks of an exotic idyll, conflicting with the drudgery of the image. It amplifies the dashing hopes, forgotten dreams and social and political injustices of a beleaguered nation. The bitter title, directly addressing the viewer, underscores the message. He focuses his work on the nature of representation. While out deriving i grew to like these scenes which i have documented in a similar way to Burgin. I plan to research further into this.

Daniel Buren

Within and Beyond the Frame 1973

Striped banners, hanging like washing from a gallery window, flutter in the breeze. The black and white stripes have become Buren's trademark. This is ironic, since he uses the anonymity of stripes to register his contempt for individual style, announcing in 1967, that "all art is reactionary". His striped billboards, exhibited in Paris in 1968, contituted an eloquant voice of dissent against traditional art and traditional forms of patronage and presentation. Later he began to work for the kind of institution he had previously derided, he continued to retain political tension between art and context in his work, which is rarely available to collectors.