War is a topic that James has often tackled in his work – especially during the Vietnam War, when he created a series of anti-war paintings. The late art scholar William Seitz commented on his ability to ‘…get behind the headlines and behind the pious façade of power-drunk men to confront us with the conspiracies of war and bigotry’. According to James, every child is already a prisoner to whatever political system into which they are born. We are born into a world that we generally cannot change. It is a world where injustice abounds and that, in many ways, races from bad to worse.
POLITICAL PRISONER - TWIN TOWERS, 2016 SERIGRAPH ON HAND MADE PAPER SHEET SIZE: 78 x 104 CM EDITION: 50 + 10 E.A. + 5 P.P.
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