Cleon Peterson (1973) - Seize The Mind

Screen print by artist Cleon Peterson on 290gsm Coventry Rag paper with deckled edges.
13.5 x 18 inch (46 x 35 cm)
Limited edition of 50
This screen print is part of a series of four screen prints published in 2025.

In a world where tyranny creeps forward under the cover of distraction, the fight for truth has become harder than ever. We live inside an attention economy fueled by post-truth narratives, radical spectacle, and a constant churn of noise. I understand the exhaustion — the burnout, hopelessness, and apathy that make disengagement feel like the only sane choice. Engagement itself carries its own price: the internet has become less a forum for dialogue than a battlefield of distortion. Still, I feel compelled to speak. Silence, in the face of power, becomes its own kind of advocacy — an abdication of our personal responsibility. These works confront that tension, reminding us that when media is seized, so too is the mind, and when the world is held up at gunpoint, the split will never be equal.

Cleon Peterson is a major figure in contemporary art, alongside Invader, Banksy, Shepard Fairey (Obey), Vhils, Blek le Rat, Jef Aérosol, Jo di Bona, JR...