Artist Hugo Farmer lives between Bristol and Stoke Newington and exhibits at Hoxton Gallery
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Artist and activist Hugo Farmer s solo show at Hoxton Gallery is a call to action for people to give a s t .
Inspired by the opening line of Orwell s 1984, The Thirteenth Stroke features bronze and resin sculptures and multi-media pictures scraped, screened and painted across the grain of plywood, themed around freedom of expression, human rights and protest.
Farmer s bronze sculptures with megaphone heads - including Ohm Boy on his knees pleading to end his suppression - speak directly to the right to protest, and legislation such as the Police Crime Sentencing and Courts bill.
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