By Emily Johns and Milan Rai
Published by Justice Not Vengeance; 88 pp
Drawing Paradise on the “Axis of Evil” is a timely work of ‘pre-war art’. A war artist documents war, and comments on its impact. For Emily Johns, pre-war art is ‘the equivalent process for a conflict that I hope may never take place.’
Emily Johns’s images, informed by her participation in two peace delegations to Iran, exude a calm stillness and beauty, exploring the historical relationship between Britain, oil and Iran. Her lino etchings and sketches are followed by essays by Milan Rai on the hypocrisy and deceit involved in the nuclear
crisis, and the continuing significance of the coup of 1953, when the CIA toppled the democratically-elected government of Iran.
This revised and updated edition includes additional illustrations by Emily Johns, produced after a JNV peace delegation to Iran in February 2013.
