Boycott Zabludowicz collective calls on artists to boycott the Zabludowicz Foundation for Poju Zabludowiczs historical involvement with the arms trade in Israel, and his role as the chairman and major donor to the pro-Israeli lobby BICOM (British Israel Communication and Research Centre). The Zabludowicz Foundation is the umbrella organization overseeing the Zabludowiczess philanthropic activities centered around the contemporary art collection the couple started in 1994. ... While acknowledging the foundations “central role in supporting emerging artists in London, the call for boycott accuses the organization of “laundering some very dirty money through the labour pool of young, London-based artists. It reads: “As the public-relations front end for historically one of the largest suppliers of arms to the Israeli state and Chairman of the UK based Pro-Israeli Lobby group Bicom, the Zabludowicz Foundation represents a direct link between the opportunities for careers in art for young people here in London and the current bombing and ongoing genocidal oppression of Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. In “direct solidarity with the communities under assault in Gaza, victims of state terror on both sides, and with resistance movements in both Israel and Palestine, Boycott Zabludowicz asks “cultural workers and producers not to sell or show their work with the Zabludowicz Collection in the future and/or to withdraw the ‘conceptual content of their work from the Collection. “We call on artists not to scab and to act in solidarity.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 08:01:59 +0000
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