Conflicts of Interest John Keane

This text examines the works of artist, John Keane. Keane has received national and international acclaim for his concern with the human and political struggles of life in the late 20th century, and particularly for his work as Official War Artist during the Gulf Crisis, commissioned by the Imperial War Museum in 1991. lives; a social commentator using art as a striking and effective weapon. In the text by Mark Lawson, the artist's personal integrity, vision and perspective can be gauged by his reaction to the conflicts in Northern Ireland and the Gulf, and to society's increasing consumerism, media manipulation and religious intolerance.