in France, Art is Magic provides the most comprehensive overview of the artist’s work from the 1990s to the present day, drawing on 15 major works and projects that have punctuated his career.

Deller is interested in popular culture and counter-cultures. His artistic inquiries focus not just on social issues and history but also on music. Deller’s oeuvre is tinged with acerbic humour and conscious socio-political discourse, making a connection between vernacular or mass culture and the world of work. The artist’s quest has led him to explore the social history of his country and further afield via the social conflict of the Thatcher era, the pop group Depeche Mode, the world of wrestling, the spawning ground of Brexit… and even acid house and the rave movement. In each case, Deller has constantly strived to involve other people in the creative process. What’s the last photo on your camera roll? It’s a painting by a friend, she had an exhibition opening. [One of Lorena Lohr’s Desert Nudes . ] Throughout 2019 and 2020, large parts of Australia were destroyed by a number of bushfires: Forty-six million acres of land were burned and it is estimated that up to 3 billion animals were displaced or killed. The Murdoch media in the country had initially attempted to ignore the story. When it became clear that they couldn’t, they were happy to repeat accusations that environmentalists had started the fires.Making good political art is almost impossible. Deller makes it fun. What sets him apart is his utopian optimism and belief in people.' - Jonathan Jones, The Guardian You may also opt to downgrade to Standard Digital, a robust journalistic offering that fulfils many user’s needs. Compare Standard and Premium Digital here.

Art is Magic is an attempt to connect the key pieces in Deller’s œuvre with the art, pop music, film, politics and history that have inspired him. Much ink has been spilled about Deller over the decades, but this is the first time he has brought “Art is Magic, le meilleur livre de Jeremy Deller”Art Is Magic, A retrospective of Jeremy Deller, Jeremy Deller, June 10th – September 17th 2023, the Rennes Museum of Art, La Criée Centre of Contemporary Art & Frac Bretagne About the artist Jeremy Deller Joy in the people at Hayward Gallery February 2012 With conversations between the artist and an eclectic mix of cultural figures and collaborators, from fashion provocateur Sportsbanger to classicist Mary Bear, the book offers an unpredictable and exhilarating tour of Deller’s life and works. I had been asked to make a work for the Melbourne festival and, with the bushfires uppermost on people’s minds, I suggested a sculpture of Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch which destroys itself over a period of time, not dissimilar to a sacrifice or offering of some sort. I wanted it to have all the violence and beauty of a religious artwork, like Spanish polychrome sculpture.