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Over the past two decades, Carl Gopalkrishnan's artwork has garnered international recognition for his ability to forge meaningful connections between art & literature and the complex dynamics driving international law, intervention and global conflict. Carl transforms familiar cultural artefacts into new myths so legal and military minds can explore the creative, subconscious and emotional stories that shape their doctrines of war & peace. (Photograph copyright © Amanda Brown 1992)

Carl Gopalkrishnan (aka Gopal) Carl Gopalkrishnan (aka Gopal)

New Publishing: My art feature for The University of Michigan Law School’s left student zine Radical Commons! March 2024, USA

I have two articles in Radical Commons! (or Radco! as it is known by the student body) this month. Radco! is a new left student zine started by students at the University of Michigan Law School which was formed to create a safe space for left students in what is recognised as a fairly conservative profession…They also published my 27th February blog post on the death of Aaron Bushnell, may he rest in peace.

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Carl Gopalkrishnan (aka Gopal) Carl Gopalkrishnan (aka Gopal)

New Publishing: London Progressive Journal article, ‘A Jurisprudence of New Capabilities’

“When I first heard the suggestion that the judiciary and greater Parliamentary oversight could 'save the day' and redress the reckless use of new capabilities by Britain's security service GCHQ, an image flashed into my mind of a 1903 painting by Australian impressionist Tom Roberts - known locally as The Big Picture. It records, historically and artistically, the first Parliament in Australia. Or in American filmic terms, the Birth of A Nation.

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Carl Gopalkrishnan (aka Gopal) Carl Gopalkrishnan (aka Gopal)

Media Release: Sedition and Terrorism Troubles Artist in Latest Exhibition at Keith+Lottie Gallery, “Sedition + Other Bedtime Stories”

Perth visual artist Carl Gopalkrishnan’s new exhibition “Sedition and Other Bedtime Stories” opens at Keith and Lottie’s shop-gallery in Northbridge on Wednesday August 6 2006 at 6pm. The artist’s new work includes a series of drawings and painting based on the idea of a child waking up in our post-September 11 world.

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