Showing posts with label DOUG BINDER. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DOUG BINDER. Show all posts

Sunday, 14 August 2011

In praise of Doug Binder: The dream teacher

DOUG BINDER TODAY. PAINTING SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL
My first recollection as an art student at Portsmouth in late '68 was marked by a sit-down strike by all pupils and young staff in an effort to shake things up a bit, I think... I don't think it lasted very long: a couple of days, maybe... There was quite a bit of shouting, friendly and not so friendly barracking; students were elected to various posts and the politically-charged echoes of the Hornsey sit-in (big news at the time) subsided