Ian Charlesworth goes further in questioning political affiliation practices. He appropriates the widespread scribbling of the proscribed paramilitary group initials (UVF – Ulster Voluntary Force) as it is commonly seen, burned with cheap lighters in public toilets throughout Northern Ireland. Using the same “technique” he burns endless arabesques on Perspex sheets mounted on neat light-boxes in an art gallery. In this way, notations of a private, anti-heroic and confessional nature find their way into the public sphere.

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