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One of Heaton’s most famous pieces, Shaken Not Stirred expresses his anger towards the patronising institution of charity. It was originally part of a performance during the Block Telethon protests the DAM held, with Heaton smashing the pyramid - the symbol of charity power - with a prosthetic leg.

About Tony Heaton

Arguably the Godfather of the UK Disability Arts Movement, Tony Heaton OBE can claim to have made several of the landmark iconic pieces that helped define the DAM.  He has exhibited nationally and internationally, with his major commission Gold Lamé winning the commission to be the first sculpture sited on the Liverpool Plinth in 2018.  His Monument to the Unintended Performer was installed on the Big 4 outside Channel 4 TV in celebration of the 2012 London Paralympics, and his neon works have been displayed on London’s Southbank and the Lumiere Festival in Durham. His works in DAM IN VENICE include Gold Lame and Great Britain From A Wheelchair.

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Image credits, Andy Barker

Image descriptions:
Banner image. Central to the space, and lit by a bright spotlight, is a tall red sculpture made up of coin collection tins stacked on top of one another in a pyramid. The spotlight bleeds onto the large fabric banner filling the wall behind it. In bright yellow letters on a red background are the letters D A M.

1. A photo of an art exhibition space. On the left, a small section of a bright red sculpture, a pyramid of coin collection pots, obscures the image and the flat screen TV hung on the wall behind it. Arranged as a square-based pyramid, the sculpture is uniform with a dull shine from the hard plastic pots. The screen behind is blurred, but the person on screen appears to be staring.