Piers Secunda

Piers Secunda is an artist and sculptor. Two threads run through his practice: modernist discourse and geopolitics. #reliefsculpture

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[Piers Secunda @pierssecunda]

@amaidSharifi We all know that self-censorship is the beginning of totalitarian rule but seeing photos of artists burning and smashing their own works, feels like I'm looking through a time tunnel the 1990's or even into China's Cultural Revolution.... alarming in the extreme...

[Omaid Sharifi - امید شریفی @OmaidSharifi]

My heart shatters to see and talk to Afghan artists who have started destroying their own art out of fear. #Afghanistan is becoming black and white again. It’s losing its beauty, diversity and colors. I am afraid the world will let this happen again!

[Piers Secunda @pierssecunda]

The U.S. Returns 33 Antiquities Stolen From Afghanistan That Are Linked to Disgraced Dealer Subhash Kapoor https://t.co/wfsL1NgvaS How can the NY DA be so insane to hand over Buddhist sculptures to Afghanistan as the country falls like a domino rally back into Taliban control??

[Financial Times @FT]

Certification of Biden win suspended after protesters storm Capitol https://t.co/SCqO6u1Nn5

[The National @TheNationalNews]

#Exclusive: British sculptor Piers Secuda (@pierssecunda) gives 'The National' access to his collection of #Mosul artefacts that replicate those destroyed by #ISIS https://t.co/D5WCX51shg

[The National @TheNationalNews]

It was difficult as an artist to see the damage #ISIS had done and take moulds of the damaged sculptures,' he said. 'At one site I had to walk away and compose myself.' Read more 👇 @pierssecunda https://t.co/D5WCX51shg

[Piers Secunda @pierssecunda]

@_letraqueur_ Thank you very much for acknowledging my grandfather Neal McRoberts. I am so happy to see your post.
If you have any photos of Neal, please can you share them by email with me? [email protected] with many thanks again. Piers

[Piers Secunda @pierssecunda]

@ShirazMaher Dear Shiraz, I’m very excited to hear your enthusiasm for this project @NbdyListeningVR from a personal perspective its an honour to be involved in this project. Piers

[Piers Secunda @pierssecunda]

Thanks to everyone at UHCL for the exhibition "Piers Secunda: ISIS Bullet Hole Paintings" which opens 12th Sept at University of Houston Clear Lake Art Gallery. The exhibition includes the first loan to a US gallery from Iraq since 1987. @HoustonPress @HoustonPostNews

[Piers Secunda @pierssecunda]

Piers Secunda: ISIS Paintings
September 12 – December 18, 2019
The exhibition includes works of art created using casts of ISIS bullet holes and power tool damage from destroyed sites including Mosul Museum, Iraq.
Opening Reception Thursday Sept 12 5 - 7 p.m @HoustonChron

[Piers Secunda @pierssecunda]

What Remains, Imperial War Museum — cataloguing the damage done to ancient art by Isis and the Taliban https://t.co/KGGk1Z7FFU

[Nicholas Rankin @RankinNick]

Great to see Christina Lamb’s article on ⁦@pierssecunda⁩ and his show ‘What Remains’ at the IWM in the Sunday Times Culture mag. We have one of Piers’s bullet-holes on our mantelpiece.

[Karwan Jamal Tahir @karwanTahir]

Thanks to @pierssecunda for donating Daesh damage painting artworks to @KRG_UK office, one of his works at @I_W_M Imperial War Museum at the moment
#Twitterkurds #ISISBulletholepainting

[Piers Secunda @pierssecunda]

Looking back at my moulding of Blitz damage from the now removed section of V&A Curtain wall on Exhibition Road in London. I was given permission before the wall was renovated for the new courtyard. @V_and_A

[Document Journal @DocumentJournal]

Armed with industrial floor paint, Piers Secunda is working to repair Iraq's bullet-ridden cultural artifacts and reconnect us with our cultural past. https://t.co/HUqTkgH43x

[Piers Secunda @pierssecunda]

Podcast from @6Pillars featuring @pierssecunda :

[Six Pillars @6Pillars]

Six Pillars this week! What drives an #artist from UK to #war zones, casting moulds of bullet marks on buildings in industrial paint?
@PiersSecunda explains. Check the #podcast on https://t.co/jw7vYYZRFR

#art #iraq #afghanistan #resonancefm #middleeast #radio #podcast

[FARI BRADLEY @FariBrad]

In the studio last night with artist @pierssecunda & curator @Leylafakhr of @MagicofPersia check put the fantastic auction items including 'Painting of a Taliban Bullet Hole', Kabul. Repeats Wed 1pm https://t.co/JVbsLlXgrZ @ResonanceFM @6Pillars

[Six Pillars @6Pillars]

Catch our latest podcast on Taliban Bullet Holes + Iranian art with @MagicofPersia & artist @pierssecunda

It's all about the @resonancefm auction special!

SEE https://t.co/4dsh4iHm25
#iran #iraq #middleeast #resonancefm #radio #uk #arts #auction
https://t.co/02ZBCYfFTy

[Piers Secunda @pierssecunda]

Meet the British artist moulding records of the fight against Isis: https://t.co/6CdCNApWue