Barbaric Acts Depicted in Art Show Are a 'Memorial' Art: Controversy Art: Controversy Exhibition Inspired by Beheadings

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A CONTROVERSIAL artwork inspired by recent victims of beheadings, such as Briton Ken Bigley, who was killed in Iraq, is coming to Glasgow this month.

Nick Crowe will display The Beheaded at his Commemorative Glass exhibition in the city's Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) as a "memorial" to victims of the barbaric act in the 21st century.

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Barbaric Acts Depicted in Art Show Are a 'Memorial' Art: Controversy Art: Controversy Exhibition Inspired by Beheadings

Crowe, 36, made headless figures out of high-tech dichroic glass to reflect two colours which spin hypnotically and are meant to represent 68 victims of beheadings in the century's first five years. The artwork...

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