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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 25, 2009
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Acid test for new Culture Minister
With each new Culture Minister comes a new set of paintings to
furnish the office, chosen by the latest incumbent from the vaults
of the Government art collection. Ben Bradshaw revealed the names of
the six paintings he has just picked to hang on his walls, one of
which suggests a sneaky love of acid house. The screenprint, by the
radical Turner Prize winner, Jeremy Deller (right) (best known for
his work "Battle of Orgreave", a recreation of a violent clash
between police and picketers during the miners' strike in 1984) is
called "History of the World" and traces the links between the acid-
house scene of the late 1980s and traditional brass bands, as ...