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Can We Stop Killing Each Other?<\/em><\/strong> wrestles with the darkest side of humanity. It explores the fundamental question of why humans are led to kill, examining the artworks, films, video games and television programmes that grapple with and manifest themes of death and destruction.<\/p>\n

Using material culture linked to moments of extreme violence, such as the Holocaust and the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, this publication offers a challenging but eye-opening consideration of some of the most horrifying events in human history as explored through art. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/em><\/strong>Using historical and contemporary art as a lens to explore these themes, the book will include a new interview with Ethiopian artist Tesfaye Urgessa (b.1983), who creates emotive paintings reflecting on the refugee crisis. It will also explore the role of art as sanctuary from violence, through new approaches to the work of Claude Monet (1840–1926)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An exploration of the darkest side of humanity and its expression through art and culture. Accompanies exhibitions at the Sainsbury Centre, UEA, Norwich in 2025-2026. New approaches to the work of renowned artists such as Magdalena Abakanowicz, Luca Giordano, Claude Monet, Paul Nash, Bruce Nauman, Wael Shawky, Tesfaye Urgessa and Kara Walker.
Foreword
\nJago Cooper
\n6
\nCan We Stop Killing Each Other?
\nTania Moore
\n12
\n1. Art as Life and Death
\nJago Cooper and Tania Moore
\n16
\n2. The Art of Violence
\nJoanna Bourke
\n24
\n3. A Grim Fascination: Watching Others Kill
\nVanessa Tothill
\n36
\n4. Papare Eighty.one as an Expression of Mana
\nMichael Steedman
\n48
\n5. Caught Between Worlds: Painting Across Boundaries
\nTesfaye Urgessa in conversation with John Kenneth Paranada
\n56
\n6. Art as Sanctuary: Reflections on Claude Monet
\nElizabeth Elliott
\n68
\nAcknowledgements
\n70
\nAuthor Biographies
\n73
\nPicture Credits
\n78
\nNotes
\n79
\nIndex
\n84<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":64145,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5568,21063],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-62317","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-art","7":"product_cat-history","8":"author-by-author-tafadzwa-nomphanelo-makwabarara","9":"author-by-author-tania-moore","10":"publisher-kulturalis","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCan We Stop Killing Each Other? - ACC Art Books UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Title: Can We Stop Killing Each Other?, Pages: 88 Pages, Publish Date: 22nd Jul 2025, Author: Tafadzwa Nomphanelo Makwabarara, Tania Moore, ISBN: 9781836360148. 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