Filipe Matos

The refrain of John & Yoko's pacifist campaign, culminating in the sugary song "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" (1971), is hijacked by the old and worn Spirit Of Past Conceptual Art. The other victim is a respectable political newspaper, rudely forced to wear the guise of a sensationalist tabloid.
Ten front pages of the authentic newspaper (one for each month of war in Ukraine, during 2022), covered with false titles, painstakingly painted on a light table.
[Project](https://surl.li/ckqhlm)

Le Monde Diplomatique 2022