I became aware of the Occupy movement when I was in New York for an exhibition in 2011. The movement was new and the media was doing a good job of suppressing its impact. When I returned to Europe I started to research the protests online and to make drawings from them to post on my daily drawing blog. Following this I started photographing, drawing and painting the movement as we encountered it on our travels.
‘October 15th (we won’t let it drop)’, conte and pastel on card, 46 x 55cm
‘occupy Wall Street (well maybe – just fucking maybe)’, conte and pastel on paper, 24 x 32cm
‘occupy Wall Street (this did not happen)’, conte and pastel on paper, 26 x 30cm
‘occupy Wall Street (the sound of free speech)’, conte and pastel on newsprint, 30 x 54cm
‘occupy Wall Street (the revolution will not be televised)’, conte and pastel on paper, 24 x 33cm
‘occupy Wall Street (the lost ideal)’, conte and pastel on newsprint, 30 x 30cm
‘occupy Bristol’, conte and pastel on paper, 21 x15cm
‘occupy Wall Street (countdown to the 15th)’, conte and pastel on paper, 21 x 29cm
‘occupy Wall Street (being served and protected)’, conte and pastel on paper, 15 x 21cm
‘occupy Wall Street ( student photography project)’, conte and pastel on paper, 15 X 21cm
‘occupy UC Davis’, conte and pastel on paper, 30 x 30cm
‘occupy the world’, conte and pastel on paper, 30 x 45cm
‘occupy St Pauls’, pastel on paper, 24 x 32cm
‘occupy Portland’, conte and pastel on paper, 50 x 33cm
‘occupy milano (allievi che cantano)’, conte and pastel on paper, 32 x 50cm
‘occupy London (police line)’, conte and pastel on paper, 40 x30cm
‘occupy london (no way in hell)’, conte and pastel on paper, 32 x 50cm
‘occupy London – the sound of free speech’, conte and pastel on paper, 24 x 32cm
‘occupy Lisboa (manifestação 15 de Outubro)’, conte and pastel on paper, 24 x 30cm
‘occupy Bristol’, conte and pastel on paper, 21 x15cm
‘occupy Berlin’, conte and pastel on paper, 50 x 33cm
‘occupy (follow the money)’, pastel on paper, 32 x 24cm
‘occupy (Brooklyn Bridge arrest)’, conte and pastel on paper, 30 x 29cm
‘occupy – somebody’s got to keep ’em awake (Dorli Rainey)’, conte and pastel on paper, 30 x 30cm
‘Noor Khan – London (war is a racket)’, conte and pastel on newsprint, 27 x 36cm
‘longshot’, conte and pastel on paper, 27 x 37cm
‘in the kettle’, conte and pastel on paper, 21 x 21cm
‘fuck the markets’, conte and pastel on newsprint, 32 x 38cm
‘Syntagma Square (the party’s over)’, oil on canvas, 30 x 30cm
‘the International’, conte and pastel on paper, 21 x 21cm
‘things are getting interesting’, conte and pastel on paper, 21 x 21cm
‘Zeus and Cronus’, oil on canvas, 30 x 30cm
‘one of your own’, conte and pastel on paper, 29 x 30
‘Occupy London St Pauls’, conte and pastel on paper, 15 x 21cm
‘plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose’, conte and pastel on newsprint, 33 x 30cm
‘police charge at Whitehall’, conte and pastel on paper, 21 x 21cm
‘protest at Millbank’, conte and pastel on paper, 21 x 21cm
‘public servant’, conte and pastel on paper, 21 x 21cm
‘resentment starts at home’, conte and pastel on newsprint, 15 x 30cm
‘occupy Wall Street (Syntagma Square too)’, conte and pastel on paper, 58 x 75cm
‘occupy Wall Street (piece of me)’, conte and pastel on paper, 30 x 30cm
‘occupy Wall Street (one for all)’, conte and pastel on paper, 30 x 30cm
‘occupy Wall Street (Officer Bologna’s enthusiasm)’, conte and pastel on newsprint, 44 x 28cm
‘occupy Wall Street (no permit)’, conte and pastel on paper, 30 x 26cm
‘occupy Wall Street (mace spray)’, conte and pastel on paper, 50 x 50cm
‘occupy Oakland (soldier down)’, conte and pastel on paper, 30 x 50cm
‘occupy Oakland (they kept shooting)’, conte and pastel on paper, 45 x 30cm
‘occupy (indignados Madrid)’, conte and pastel on paper, 24 x 30cm
‘occupy (the 99 percent)’, conte and pastel on paper, 30 x 40cm
‘occupy (vie di Bologna)’, conte and pastel on paper, 50 x 33cm
‘crush’, conte and pastel on paper, 21 x 21cm
‘fuck politics – let’s riot’, conte and pastel on paper, 21 x 21cm
‘occupy (weather report)’, conte and pastel on newsprint, 38 x 30cm
‘occupy Portland (baton strike)’, conte and pastel on paper, 30 x 30cm
‘occupy Portland still’, conte and pastel on paper, 50 x 33cm
‘crie’, conte and pastel on newsprint, 24 x 29cm
‘a sound bet’, conte and pastel on newsprint, 20 x 20cm
‘occupy Philly (we’re here)’, conte and pastel on paper, 50 x 33cm
‘occupy (indignados Madrid)’, conte and pastel on paper, 21 x 15cm
‘occupy Oakland (California dreaming)’, conte and pastel on paper, 28 x 28cm
