Elliot, Emma (b. 1983) Spin-Head Bronze on iron base 157 x 2...

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£8,000 - £12,000

Elliot, Emma (b. 1983)
Spin-Head
Bronze on iron base
157 x 27 x 27cm
2015

Passion For Freedom Festival: Freedom Ambassador Award 2015

Spin-Head pays homage to Italian futurist Renato Bertilli’s famous sculpture of Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.

The work symbolises the precarious nature of free speech and expression, but also the first victims of fascist ideologies: women. The work questions if our fear of insulting others causes society to ‘zip up’ and shut down, thus distorting and restricting our ability to communicate.

Exhibitions:

• 2021/22 Political Art | U-jazdowski Museum of Contemporary Art | Warsaw


• 2015  Passion For Freedom | Festival and Gala | Mall Galleries | London

• 2015 Passion For Freedom Festival, Spin-head - 1st prize


• Freedom Ambassador Award 2016