Friday 5 August 2022 06:40 PM Taxpayer-funded charity billboard 'Straight White Men Pass The Power!' ... trends now
A poster urging straight white men to 'pass the power', comes from a taxpayer-funded charity project organised by two white men.
The black and white artworks were put up in Southwark, London, and Bury, Lancs, earlier this week by charity Artichoke Trust - which received £3million from a government art grant.
They are part of a project called 'The Gallery', which has been masterminded by the charity's curator Bren O'Callaghan and creative director Martin Firrell.
Firrell is known for text-based artworks, one of his more famous pieces, 'All men are dangerous', was displayed in the Tate Britain in 2006.
He was responsible for choosing 10 artists whose artworks to be showcased on billboards, digital screens and bus-shelters across the UK.
O'Callaghan's interests lie with 'counterculture and activism' and he aims to inspire wider engagement and foster collaboration.
The 'Hey straight white men' artwork is by an artist called Nadina who hails from Marseille.
On Instagram Nadia said: 'The theme for the first Season of The Gallery is Straight White Male and I created a piece titled "Hey straight white men, pass the power!" because I want us as a society to challenge the idea that straight white men are the best people to hold positions of power
'I also want straight white men to to be more proactive about passing the power to other people who might not have access to it because they don't have the same privileges as they do.'
The black and white artworks were put up in Southwark, London, earlier this week by artists
Artist Martin Firrell who is behind the Artichoke Trust, which has put up the art posters
Bren O'Callaghan in horror style make-up is the other figure behind the Artichoke Trust
Nadina Ali is the artist behind the work and hails from Marseille and is exhibiting in London
The images came to wider attention after a picture of one of them was
