The Big Issue – August 19, 2019

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Theworkonthispageiscreatedby

peoplewhoaremarginalised.Contact

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arthere.Toseemoreandbuyprints:

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profit goes to the artist.

“Mybrain’snotworking

properly,orfeelsthatway,soI

makethings,distractit,keepit

occupied,”explainsAssad,who

submitshisartworksviaLondon

homelesscharitythe 240

Project.“Iworkwithwhatever’s

athand:foundobjects,clay,

plaster,wood,forcingthem

together,makingthemintoa

singlecohesiveentity.I’mnot

trained,justdetermined.

“Iaminspiredequallyby

Somalia,whereI wasborn,and

London,whereIlivenow.The

figuresImakecanbequiteugly,

brutal.It’snotintentional,but

doesreflectmypast.Maybe

they ’ll get prettier over time.”

TheLoser

By Assad

STREET ART

MUSIC

Howclassical

musiccauseda

ColdWarthaw

Claire Jackson

BOOKS

Bearinga

mammoth

responsibility

Ross Barnett

FILM

PedroAlmodóvar

getskind

ofpersonal

Graeme Virtue

RADIO

Whendrinking

wasa laughing

matter

Robin Ince