Jeremy Deller
‘The History of the World’

Jeremy Deller, The History of the World, 1997, Diagram for wall painting
1997
  • Jeremy Deller, The History of the World, 1997, Diagram for wall painting
  • The History of the World, 1997. Installation at the Turner Prize, Tate Britain, London, 2004.
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‘I drew this diagram about the social, political and musical connections between house music and brass bands — it shows a thought process in action. I later made it into a wall painting. It was about Britain and British history in the twentieth century and how the country had changed from being industrial to post-industrial. It was the visual justifcation for the musical project, Acid Brass. Without this diagram, Acid Brass would not have a conceptual backbone.’ – Jeremy Deller