1985
Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan led Great Britain and the United States respectively in 1985, while behind the Iron Curtain, Mikhail Gorbachev became the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In Britain, a bitter, protracted miner's strike ended with the Conservative government defeating the National Union of Mineworkers and going on to privatize major national industries. In America, Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. tops the charts, The Cosby Show was the most popular series on television and Rambo: First Blood II nearly swept the Razzie Awards with Worst Picture, Worst Actor, Worst Original Song and Worst Screenplay honors.
Artist: John Sheridan was born in Detroit and lives in the San Francisco Bay area. He works in several formats, including collage, and he is interested in developing an aesthetic that embodies solidarity with and analysis of his working class American upbringing. More of his work can be seen at www.johnsheridanart.com.