Prisoner of conscience
(Issued by the BRITISH ART MEDAL SOCIETY ( BAMS ), 1989)
A chained, crouched figure in despair on the obverse, 'a symbol not only for
the universal fate of man cramped by his own lack of imagination and damned
by his conscience, but also the particular plight of a few indivicuals whose
bodies are tortured for access to their minds'.
The reverse shows the athletic body, the inspiration of the Greek classical
ideal, the complete antithesis of the chained man.
The medal, cast in bronze, measures 120mm.
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