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2021.6.2
Patty Hearst Arrested 'Don't Go, I'll Shoot with You', 2021
2021
Manipulated newsprint
Four overlapping copies
Sepia
June 2021
UK
Patricia Campbell Hearst, 'Patty Hearst' (born February 20, 1954) is the granddaughter of American publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst. In 1974 she was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.

19 months after her abduction she was arrested for serious crimes allegedly committed with members of the group. At her trial, the prosecution suggested Hearst had joined the Symbionese Liberation Army of her own volition.

In 1976, she was convicted for the crime of bank robbery and sentenced to 35 years in prison, later reduced to seven years. Her sentence was commuted by President Jimmy Carter, and she was later pardoned by President Bill Clinton.

The original announcement of Heart's arrest was subheaded 'Don't Shoot I'll Go with You'.

Here the artist transposes 'shoot' and 'go' with the aim of evoking the complexity of her relationship with her kidnappers.