Queen and Country
- ISBN-10
- 0863556361
- ISBN-13
- 9780863556364
- Series
- Queen and country
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- British Council
- Author
- Steve McQueen
Description
Queen and Country was created by Steve McQueen in response to his 2003 commission by the Imperial War Museum's Art Commissions Committee to create a work in response to the war in Iraq. Inspired by the dedication and selflessness of the servicemen and women he met in Basra in 2003, McQueen devised the concept that each of the soldiers killed in the conflict be commemorated on official postage stamps. Using images selected by the families of the deceased, full sheets of stamps, one per soldier with their name and date of death, are displayed in vertical sliding drawers contained in an oak cabinet. Neither for nor against the war, Queen and Country, McQueen's dignified and moving response to his commission as war artist, is a work of personal tribute and commemoration. This commemorative book featuring 160 service men and women has been published on the occasion of the display of the work at the National Portrait Gallery, London, 20 March - 18 July 2010.
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Other editions
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- 2015-11-01
- 208 pages
- Ebook
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- 2013-10-22
- 208 pages
- Paperback
- Manchester University Press
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