19-01-2017 22:00 via theartnewspaper.com

Anarchy in the UK: after Brexit, artists bite back

A series of daring, defaced paintings depicting the UKs four most recent prime ministers, created by the New York-based collective The Bruce High Quality Foundation, reflect our turbulent post-truth times. The works, which are on show at the Pippy Houldsworth Gallery in London (5 Years at Heddon Street; until 4 February), show Theresa May and David Cameron with their faces daubed with angry splashes of paint. But what is the reason for this bile-fuelled display? Angry constituents and smar
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