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FUCK: THE HUMAN ODYSSEY

AN EXHIBITION OF ARTWORK FROM THE BOOK BY MICHAEL ROWSON

22 - 27 SEPTEMBER 2008

THE STORY OF THE EARTH FROM THE BIG BANG TO THE END OF THE WORLD IN 67 SPLENDIDLY SATIRICAL IMAGES

This is a brave and important book in the history of graphic humour. Hopeless and despairing as it is in this collection, humour is one of the only weapons left that artists have to fight the relentless greed and cruelty of progress. FUCK is a remarkable book which will further comfort the sensibilities of Mankind in the face of the bleak inevitability of Evolution.

Martin Rowson has been a full-time freelance cartoonist since graduating from Cambridge University in 1982. His cartoons have appeared regularly in The Guardian, The Times, The Daily Mirror, The Independent on Sunday, The Scotsman, The Spectator, Tribune, The Morning Star and many other publications. Twice winner of the Cartoon Museum's Political Cartoonist of the Year, he has also produced many books, including a memoir, "Stuff", a novel called "Snatches" and graphic adaptations of TS Eliot's "The Waste Land" and Laurence Sterne's "Tristram Shandy".

He was appointed Cartoonist Laureate for London by Ken Livingstone in 2001 (and reappointed by Boris Johnson in 2008, subject to terms and conditions), and is also an honorary associate of The National Secular Society, a trustee of The Cartoon Museum and a former vice-president of the Zoological Society of London.

His latest book tells the story of Earth, from the Big Bang, the emergence of life, the death of the dinosaurs, the dawn of civilization, the invention of the wheel, the Trojan War, the Crucifixion, the Fall of Rome, the Black Death, the Reformation, the Industrial Revolution, World War One, Nazism, consumerism, the Cold War, 9/11 and beyond to the End of the World, in sixty seven beautiful, savage, splendidly satirical images, all with only one word in the speech bubbles.


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For further details on each picture, please click on the images or their titles

MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN THE GREAT WAR THE AGE OF REASON
MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN THE GREAT WAR THE AGE OF REASON
THE EXTINCTION OF THE DINOSAURS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS THE CONQUEST OF SPACE
THE EXTINCTION OF THE DINOSAURS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS THE CONQUEST OF SPACE
THE EXPANSION OF EUROPEAN TRADE AGRICULTURE THE BLACK DEATH
THE EXPANSION OF EUROPEAN TRADE AGRICULTURE THE BLACK DEATH
THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR THE DEVELOPING WORLD THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR THE DEVELOPING WORLD THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
THE HIGH RENAISSANCE LIVE AID LUTHER LAUNCHES THE REFORMATION
THE HIGH RENAISSANCE LIVE AID LUTHER LAUNCHES THE REFORMATION
THE CONQUEST OF THE LAND THE FORMATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM THE DEVELOPMENT OF WRITING
THE CONQUEST OF THE LAND THE FORMATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM THE DEVELOPMENT OF WRITING
GLOBALIZATION THE BIRTH OF LANGUAGE THE ACQUISITION OF TOOLS
GLOBALIZATION THE BIRTH OF LANGUAGE THE ACQUISITION OF TOOLS
THE GREAT DEPRESSION ARCHIMEDES THE MIRACLE OF BIPEDALISM
THE GREAT DEPRESSION ARCHIMEDES THE MIRACLE OF BIPEDALISM
THE NAPOLEONIC WARS THE WINTER OF DISCONTENT THE ROMANTIC POETS
THE NAPOLEONIC WARS THE WINTER OF DISCONTENT THE ROMANTIC POETS
THE INVENTION OF THE WHEEL ATHENIAN PHILOSOPHY THE BIRTH OF THE DRAMA
THE INVENTION OF THE WHEEL ATHENIAN PHILOSOPHY THE BIRTH OF THE DRAMA
MAN HARNESSES THE POWER OF GENETICS THE TITANIC THE IDES OF MARCH
MAN HARNESSES THE POWER OF GENETICS THE TITANIC THE IDES OF MARCH
THE BIG BUILD THE DEVELOPMENT OF COOKING THE INVENTION OF PRINTING
THE BIG BUILD THE DEVELOPMENT OF COOKING THE INVENTION OF PRINTING
DEMOCRACY IN ACTION THE WAR ON TERROR THE AGE OF CHIVALRY
DEMOCRACY IN ACTION THE WAR ON TERROR THE AGE OF CHIVALRY
A NEW ECOLOGY THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI DINOSAURS RULE THE EARTH
A NEW ECOLOGY THE ADORATION OF THE MAGI DINOSAURS RULE THE EARTH
THE SIEGE OF TROY THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION THE BRITISH EMPIRE
THE SIEGE OF TROY THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION THE BRITISH EMPIRE
9/11 HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTIONISM CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
9/11 HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTIONISM CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
THE CONSUMER REVOLUTION ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL INVENTS THE TELEPHONE LONDON: THE CAPITAL OF EMPIRE
THE CONSUMER REVOLUTION ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL INVENTS THE TELEPHONE LONDON: THE CAPITAL OF EMPIRE
MAN HARNESSES THE POWER OF THE ATOM THE GREAT SOCIETY THE DISCOVERY OF THE NEW WORLD
MAN HARNESSES THE POWER OF THE ATOM THE GREAT SOCIETY THE DISCOVERY OF THE NEW WORLD
NEWTON DISCOVERS THE LAW OF GRAVITY THE IMPRESSIONISTS CHAUCER'S CANTERBURY PILGRIMS
NEWTON DISCOVERS THE LAW OF GRAVITY THE IMPRESSIONISTS CHAUCER'S CANTERBURY PILGRIMS
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS CONQUER THE AIR THE VIKINGS THE NEANDERTHALS DIE OUT
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS CONQUER THE AIR THE VIKINGS THE NEANDERTHALS DIE OUT
EUROPEAN ABSOLUTISM AND THE COURT AT VERSAILLES THE SHAKESPEARIAN THEATRE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
EUROPEAN ABSOLUTISM AND THE COURT AT VERSAILLES THE SHAKESPEARIAN THEATRE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE MONASTICISM KEEPS LEARNING ALIVE THROUGH THE DARK AGES THE MONKEYS COME DOWN FROM THE TREES
THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE MONASTICISM KEEPS LEARNING ALIVE THROUGH THE DARK AGES THE MONKEYS COME DOWN FROM THE TREES
CAVE PAINTINGS MAN DISCOVERS FIRE THE BUILDING OF THE PYRAMIDS
CAVE PAINTINGS MAN DISCOVERS FIRE THE BUILDING OF THE PYRAMIDS
THE SPANISH INQUISITION THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEISURE TIME OATES LEAVES CAPTAIN SCOTT'S TENT
THE SPANISH INQUISITION THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEISURE TIME OATES LEAVES CAPTAIN SCOTT'S TENT
FREUD UNLOCKS THE SECRETS OF THE MIND THE MAYANS  
FREUD UNLOCKS THE SECRETS OF THE MIND THE MAYANS

 

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