Readers of this website will discern that my interests lie in the history and contemporary development of public art and social/political art in both practice and education; in practice, in terms of my own work and that of many other artists; in education, in terms of how that practice can be taught in art schools.

Articles Essays Lectures
Writing has not been my profession but over the years I have been moved to write when I felt something was important to me. At other times I have been prevailed upon to do so by editors of newspapers, magazines, catalogues or conference reports. This is a selection of writings some of which, in the process of publishing, had to be cut and amended. These appear here in the original version. I have resisted the temptation to revise and amend them and have limited myself to the odd correction. Of course rereading them one can be embarrassed by what one has written years before. However, as they stand, they reflect the views and thoughts that seemed to me right at the time.

The essay, 'Art and Social Context' is by Chris Crickmay.
New, so far, unpublished writing is marked by an asterisk *

The Public Art Index is an annotated bibliography of magazine and newspaper articles on the subject. A more detailed introduction to it will be found if you click on to it.

*New updates for August 2008*  
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