Kimathi Donkor

Madonna Metropolitan (detail) by KimathiDonkor

 
Madonna Metropolitan (detail)
2005, oil on canvas, 152 x 152cm
 
Fall/Uprising marked 20 years since the autumn of 1985 when London was shocked, first by police raids on the homes of Cherry Groce (who was shot) and Cynthia Jarrett (who died), and then by the deadly conflicts between police and angry residents which resulted in the death of PC Keith Blakelock.
Collection of Novas Contemporary Urban Centre, Liverpool
© 2006 Art - Kimathi Donkor