Topolski Century

The artist Feliks Topolski’s 600 foot long mural which snakes beneath the railway arches on the South Bank. He travelled the globe extensively witnessing several historical events and meeting people who shaped 20th century history such as Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Chairman Mao, George Bernard Shaw, Black Panthers and HG Wells. He was in London during the Blitz, in New York during the Harlem riots and was present at the freeing of Belsen concentration camp. He settled in London and put the exhibition together depicting the 20th Century as witnessed by him.

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