17 Jan 2010
Stuart Free Interview
The Independent on Sunday have an interview with Stuart Free, the artist who created this painting of the Donovan Bros sign in Spitalfields before it was repainted. (My original post about Stuart has more commentary and he is also mentioned in the ‘Interpretations’ segment of my recent talk at Middlesex University.)
Read the full interview here and visit galleries of Stuart’s other works here and here.
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