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Sir Fred Goodwin given a grisly comeuppance by artist
Louise Jury, Chief Arts Correspondent17 Jun 2009
In times gone by, it was the severed heads of traitors that were mounted on London Bridge.
Today, it was effigies of bankers forced to apologise for their role in financial meltdown.
Sir Tom McKillop, the former chairman of RBS, and his chief executive, Sir Fred Goodwin, who stepped down because of the crisis, were pilloried by artist David Fryer in his work, Severed Heads.
Fryer has added an everyman banker in the middle for good measure.
The effigies - made from clay, wax, hair and the severed necks of sheep impaled on steel spikes - were erected without permission.
They are part of this week's Two Degrees Festival of "theatre, art and activism that confronts climate change head on".
John Jordan, 44, an artist-activist, said a radical approach was needed to tackle climate change and combining the imagination of artists with activists' dedication was one way to help.
"We're trying to get artists to engage their creativity in challenging the problem and finding a solution."
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Tony Blair changed crime of Traitor from Death Penalty to Life in Prison. Selling out the UK to the EU, now warrants 4 years in an open prison.
- William, Haywards Heath UK, 18/06/2009 04:01
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