Dick Jewell is a London born and based multidisciplinary artist. Jewell graduated from the Royal College of Art with a Masters in Printmaking in 1978. His practice encompasses photomontage, photography, film-making and book publishing.
His diverse and fascinating career includes running his own record label in the 80s, releasing albums for Gregory Isaacs and Prince Far I and collaborating with artists including Neneh Cherry and Massive Attack. He has directed over 50 films, many of which have been shown internationally at the Venice Biennale, Tate Liverpool, MOMA Sydney, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the ICA. His work is represented in public collections, including the Stedelijk Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Arts Council of Great Britain, Hayward Gallery, and Leeds Art Gallery to name a few.
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Dick Jewell: War & Peace
On 19 July 1941, Winston Churchill threw up his V for Victory – his index and middle finger spread apart while all his other fingers rested on his palm. The gesture spread as a rallying emblem for Europeans fighting Germany and its allies in the second world war. But if a driver were to overtake you today and stick two fingers up at you, you wouldn’t receive that as a symbol of solidarity and peace. You’d be rightly insulted.
When asked whether he minds whether passers-by throw their fingers up at his latest project, “War & Peace”, which will be displayed by CIRCA this evening, Dick Jewell laughs. “There’s a shot of me throwing them up backwards to Donald Trump,” he says. “But that’s a reflection of him throwing the same gesture.”
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