Controversial artist and designer James Cauty is set to open his latest exhibition today at the L-13 Light Industrial Workshop, London.
Featuring small world re-enactments of past and future riots presented in jam jars, Cauty hints at containment in his new work.
“…violent disturbances served up in manageable doses like news bulletins… complex situations reduced to mantelpiece ornaments and souvenirs.”
Recreating now infamous media moments including the student protest attack on Prince Charles’s car, Ian Tomlinson’s death at the hands of the police and the throwing of a fire extinguisher off of the Millbank Tower by protestors, Cauty has also added elements of fantasy to the exhibition as well; Alongside the detailed re-enactments of recent media stories are Cauty’s interpretations of future events, controversially including a sculpt of the hanging of Nick Clegg and the beheading of Prince Charles.
A Riot in a Jam Jar runs until 3rd July at the L-13 Light Industrial Workshop, Clerkenwell, London.
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