[…] the purpose of art is not about putting people down and making them feel small and uneducated, that is the machiavellian hand of the state as it tries to quell thought, cancel dissent and avoid the kind of introspection that could lead to people gaining an understanding of their own thoughts and feelings. Art is about self-expression and learning to work things out for ourselves.
Read MoreIn January 2016 artist Ian Pepper began a project, commissioned by BasementArtsProject and supported by Leeds Inspired, to realise an exhibition that had at its core life in South Leeds.
Read More“Daily’ the Basement Arts exhibition of the work of Phill Hopkins, is entered through a lively domestic kitchen, you open an unassuming paneled door and descend steep stone steps into another world. Above that door there should be a warning, “THROUGH ME YOU ENTER INTO THE CITY OF WOES.” (2)
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