The Red Lion Desi Pub sign is on show once again

Desi Pubs
Written By Toni Williams - Founder of The Square Genius

From West Bromwich to Venice, London, and now Scotland, The Red Lion Desi Pub sign is on show once again.

Last Friday, The National Galleries of Scotland launched Grayson Perry’s latest exhibition  Grayson Perry | Smash Hits | National Galleries of Scotland in which the pub sign hangs amongst many collected objects by the artist from around the country.  

It follows the Channel 4 series The Full English, when Grayson Perry visited the desi pub and interviewed The Red Lion landlord Satnam Pawar about the pub sign. The sign is one of seven handcrafted pub signs designed by leading British artist Hardeep Pandhal commissioned by Creative Black Country (CBC) and New Art Exchange in 2016.

‘I’m still surprised at how much interest the Desi pub artwork receives; we have welcomed guests from all over the world who have visited the pub because of how we worked with CBC to share these stories.’ Satnam Pawar

Pics : Satnam Pawar attends the private launch in Edinburgh Grayson Perry

See more about the Desi Pubs project here.

Toni Williams - Founder of The Square Genius

Hi, I’m Toni. My mission is to create powerful websites for charities, non profits and purpose-led organisations dedicated to making a positive impact on the environment, communities, animal welfare and many more. I am also a CSS enthusiast and love to create cool plugins for Squarespace websites.

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