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Richard Taws The Revolutionary Image, from Gillray to Haiti

Gillray’s caustic representations of the French Revolution form part of a complex culture of print media - and his images were reproduced and re- appropriated on both sides of the Channel. Richard Taws reveals the French Revolution’s role in spurring on further transformations in communication media. Technological revolutions - such as telegraphy - were fuelled by a desire to spread utopian ideals over great distance at high speed. The desire to conquer time and space however confronted a conundrum - presented to the French in the form of the Haitian Revolution - how could France spread a message of universal human rights, while also profiting from colonialism and slave economy?

Date:	16 May 2012
Starts at:	19:00
Cost:	FREE
Ticket:	Free. Book online at http://ncrtawsrevolutionaryimage.eventbrite.com/
Location:	Nottingham Contemporary Nottingham Contemporary Weekday Cross Nottingham Nottingham NG1 2GB
Website:	http://www.nottinghamcontemporary.org/event/richard-taws-revolutionary-image-gillray-haiti

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