A Maverick Eye

A Maverick EyeFrom the blurb: The reputation of British photographer John Deakin rests chiefly on his remarkable documentary photographs and portraits of the creative souls and maverick talents who haunted the pubs and clubs of London's Soho in the 1950s. Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, Frank Auerbach, Colin MacInnes, Dylan Thomas these painters, poets, writers, and others defined an era in the cultural life of postwar England. Less known are Deakin's haunting

"Produced in collaboration with The Andy Warhol Foundation and Jean-Michel Basquiat’s estate

giving examples of unique branding efforts that support protest

He began collecting the posters in 2008

and Heidi Bivens

offering them renewed and wider acknowledgement

“Between 1999 and 2011 David Goldblatt did work that he had not previously attempted: personal photography in color

they become evidence of propositions

It takes pride in the wide variety of tactile craft art works created

the Sharpeville massacre victims' funeral

shopkeepers

Brecht’s pithy poems and choice of 20th-century images – bombed-out cities and battlefronts

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