Art below the company responsible for placing art on the underground have add an artist with a reputation for brutal rather than creative skills with the inclusion of Charles Bronson to their artists currently showing. Thier website states ” Bronson 58, has remained behind bars for thirty-five years since his entrance for armed robbery in 1974. A fearsome temperament fuelled by his days as a bare-knuckle fighter, Branson’s behaviour has been much publicised over the years, as his explosive reactions to prison conformity continue to make the headlines – spending much of his time in solitary confinement.” The arts fascination with the criminal underworld goes back far beyond Sinatra and James Cagney in the thirties and fifities. As a publicity stunt it has undoubtably worked, but is there a danger of deeming his violent reputation as acceptable or even admirable?
