Peter Kennard (1949) is a London-born and based photomontage artist and Professor of Political Art at the Royal College of Art. Seeking to reflect his involvement in the anti-Vietnam War movement, he turned from painting to photomontage to better address his political views. He is best known for the images he created for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) in the 1970s–80s including a détournement of John Constable’s The Hay Wain called “Haywain with Cruise Missiles”.
Because many of the left-wing organisations and publications he used to work with have disappeared, Kennard has turned to using exhibitions, books and the internet for his work.
Broken Missile
Photomontage
Gelatin silver prints,
gouache and ink on card
1980
Haywain with Cruise Missiles
Photomontage
Chromolithograph, gelatin
silver prints, gouache and ink on card
1980Conversion 5, Hiroshima Clock
Photomontage
Gelatin silver prints, ink and gouache on card
1990Doomsday Clock
Photomontage
Gelatin silver prints and
ink on card
1991Defended to Death
Photomontage
Gelatin silver, cibachrome print,
gouache and ink on card
1983Crushed Missile
Photomontage
Gelatin silver prints, ink
and gouache on card
1981Warhead 3
Photomontage
Gelatin silver prints and ink on card
1981Protest and Survive
Photomontage
Gelatin silver prints and ink on card
1981Earth 3
Photomontage
Gelatin silver print on card
1988Greenham Common
Photomontage
Gelatin silver prints, gouache and graphite on card
1981Nuclear Winter
Photomontage
Gelatin silver prints and ink on card
1981Britain?
Photomontage
Gelatin silver prints, gouache and ink on card
1981The Firth of Clyde
Photomontage
Gelatin silver prints, ink
and postcard on card
1981
