We Ain't dED Yet

"Although in Britain we seemingly live in an era of peace, war continues to affect the lives of millions. The sale of arms by Britain fuels war, and worse still are the attempts by arms manufacturers and dealers to legitimise themselves by seeking to fund universities." - Ed Hall 

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Ed Hall (b. 1944) is a British artist known for his textile and hand-painted banners for union and campaign marches and is considered Britain’s leading banner maker. They have been previously exhibited at the People’s History Museum, Manchester, Tate Britain, The Victoria & Albert Museum and include collaborations since the 1990’s with Turner-prize winner, Jeremy Deller. He has contributed banners to front large marches for Stop The War, Trade Unions, The Palestine Solidarity Campaign, CND, the Anti Nazi League and Unite against Facism. 

EXHIBITIONS

Arsenal Football Club, London, 2023
Planet Summer, Southbank, Festival Hall, 2023
NO! 20 Years Of Stop The War: A Retrospective, Bow Arts, 2021
The Art Of Protest, Giant Gallery, Bournemouth, 2021
Rights of the Child, Quarry Bank, National Trust, 2019
Truth To Power, London, 2019
The Art Of Dissonance: Part of the UK/Korea, Seoul Museum of Art, 2017
Dismaland, Weston-Super-Mare, 2015
Private Utopia: Contemporary Art from the British Council Collection, Tokyo Station Gallery, 2014
Disobedient Objects, Victoria & Albert Museum, 2014
Banners for Spain: Fighting the Spanish Civil War in London, Islington Museum, 2014
Global Activism, Center for Art and Media, Kalsruhe, Germany, 2013
On the March, People's History Museum, 2011
Without Reality There Is No Utopia, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Spain, 2011
The Future Demands Your Participation, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai (British Council), 2010

BANNERS SHOWN WITH JEREMY DELLER

Art Is Magic, Le Frac Bretagne, Rennes, France, 2023
Folk Archive, Barbican Gallery, 2015
British Pavilion, Venice Biennale, 2013
Procession of 19 Banners, Manchester International Festival, 2009
From One Revolution To Another, Palais De Tokyo Paris, 2008
Windrush Banner, Turner Prize, 2004
Intelligence, Tate Modern, 2000