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John Keane: Flat Earth, Flowers Gallery London
Challenging exhibition on perceptions of domestic and global politics

JOHN KEANE is a renowned political artist whose work addresses pressing social and political issues.

His ongoing artistic inquiry into military and social conflicts around the world has extended from northern Ireland to Central America and the Middle East, where he was the official British war artist during the Gulf war.

lat Earth Series, 2019, oil and reactive metallic paint on linen (c) John Keane, Courtesy of Flowers Gallery
ohn Keane, Blackboard_Theory of Anything, 2020, Acrylic and wax crayon on linen (c) John Keane, courtesy of Flowers Gallery
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