Drtarcher
babstract123.bsky.social
Drtarcher
@babstract123.bsky.social
Artist and writer, previously art dealer and curator
Belfast > San Antonio via London + Brighton
Hanna Steps Down, 1977-2024
Oil paint and wax on archive press photo, date stamped 21.07.1977.
28 x 18 cm
Hanna-Elise Krabbe (IZRU, SPK, RAF) took part in the 1975 West German embassy siege in Stockholm. She was sentenced in 1977, to twice life imprisonment, and was released from prison in 1996.
August 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Through the bullet hole (Kent State), 1971-2023.
Oil paint and wax on AP Wirephoto, date stamped 05.05.1971 verso.
18.5 x 25 cm

The hole made by a National Guard bullet passing through a campus sculpture
July 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Gorse, 1972-2024
Oil paint and wax on archive press photo (uncredited). Published June 1972.
20 x 25.5 cm (image)

Paramilitaries weapon training in the Castlereagh Hills overlooking Belfast. C S Lewis was born and schooled in East Belfast and acknowledged these hills as his inspiration for Narnia.
July 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The Girl Behind the Wire (Geraldine Fitt), 1983-2024.
Oil paint and wax on archive press photo (uncredited). Published April 24th 1983. 19 x 28 cm
July 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Children's Weapons 1970-2022
Oil paint and wax on archive press Wire-photo (unattributed). Published September 14th 1970

Playtime on the streets of Belfast
July 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
‘Burning in the name of…’, 1971-2023
Oil paint and wax on archive press photograph (Duane Hall), date stamped 03.06.1971 verso
24 x 20.5 cm
Chicago theology students burn draft cards
July 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Conspiracy Charges, 1970-2025.
Oil paint and wax on archive press photogragh (John Collier), date stamped 8.12.1970.
24.5 x 18 cm

Linda Evans, an SDS member, pleads innocent to firearm and explosive charges.
July 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Caught by the Glosters, 1972-2024
Oil paint and wax on archive press photo, published March 21st 1972. 24 x 16.5 cm

#northernireland #belfast1972 #thetroubles #troubledchildhood
June 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Baader Meinhof Taxi, 1977-2025.
Oil paint and wax on archive press photo
16.2 x 20.5 cm

Under surveillance by the BKA - Adelheid Schulz, Christian Klar and Willy Peter Stoll charter a helicopter and go on a surveillance mission of their own.
#baadermeinhof #redarmyfaction
June 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM