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A Brush With The Guns - an exhibition of war art
Thursday 10th Jun until Friday 31st Dec 2010
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| This fascinating exhibition exploring how art has documented conflict over two centuries. The exhibition features contemporary works from noted artists Annabelle Elford and Matthew Cook and items from the Museum's own extensive art collection that have never been publicly displayed. A Brush With The Guns features 50 drawings and paintings of artillery and guns, the people who man them in combat and the industrial processes to make the weapons. The works span two hundred years and are executed in pencil, watercolour and oil and appear on canvas and paper and in sketchpads, diaries and notebooks.“Art and war are not commonly connected in the public’s mind” says Mark Smith, Curator. “Yet the artist’s representation of war has given us some of the greatest ever works of art. War art can be thought -provoking, repulsive, magnificent, mundane and inspiring but all are expressions of the artist’s attempt to express an emotion or to ensure that a moment is captured and not lost. The Museum is delighted to present such a diverse and thought-provoking collection that ranges from pencil sketches made in trenches under fire through to formal oils created many miles from conflict but just as valid”Matthew Cook is one of the two featured contemporary artists and brings a unique perspective to his work. A serving Territorial Army officer, he was War Artist for The Times in Iraq in 2003 and is currently serving in Afghanistan. The other featured artist is Annabelle Elford whose son served as a Royal Artillery Gunner in Afghanistan in 2008 and is the subject of her pictures. |
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