>Les Levine's Blame God

Les Levine's Blame God

Gwendoline Anne Graham
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2004
BA

Subject: Public Art
Country: Ireland and England
Period: 20th Century

10,000 words

This dissertation is a history of the controversial poster board campaign by Les Levine first brought to Dublin in 1985, somewhat unsuccesfully and for the second time by the Irish Museum of Modern Art in 1995, again causing uproar amongst the general public. The first part deals with the boundaries of public art, from its beginnings to present day. Public art is often met with hostility and this poster campaign was no exception. The author deals with Levine's influences and choices, the use of text as an integral part of the image itself and also the use of advertising techniques in this piece of public art. The final chapter is an account of the controvercial reception of the campaign, as well as the political climate of the time, relevant to its acceptance, or rather lack of. The dissertation concludes by assesing the value of this type of controversy within contemporary society.

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Les Levine's Blame God