28 October 2021, The Tablet

Rivers of hell: Peter Howson's apocalyptic visions of everyday life


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Rivers of hell: Peter Howson's apocalyptic visions of everyday life

Detail of Peter Howson’s Optimum Est Pati Quod Emendare Non Possis (What Can’t be Cured Must be Endured) on display at Flowers
© Peter Howson, courtesy Flowers Gallery

 

Sixteen years ago, in his exhibition “Acheron and other works” at Flowers Gallery, Peter Howson included a drawing titled Mistaken Revolution showing desperate figures sinking into a ­graveyard while an angel of death swooped overhead.

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