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Queen and Country

Steve McQueen, 2006

The Art Commissions Committee awarded McQueen a research grant to respond to the conflict in Iraq in 2003.

The ACC is run by the Imperial War Museum and is the current day version of the War Artists Advisory Committee. McQueen proposed that the Royal Mail produce commemorative stamps of individual servicemen and women who had lost their lives in Iraq with the intention that their images should enter the 'lifeblood' of the nation as they are circulated and used.

All bereaved families have been invited to collaborate in the project. This work is a development of the proposal and consists of sheets of facsimile postage stamps, designed around photographs of each individual and bearing the profile of The Queen. The sheets are housed in a large oak cabinet in individual frames which visitors are invited to pull out to view. It is a work in progress that will continue until the current British operations in Iraq end.

More information

Title of artwork, date

Queen and Country, 2006

Date supported

2007

Medium and material

Colour printed paper, wood, perspex & metal

Dimensions

190 x 260 x 140 cm

Grant

60,000

Total cost

60,000

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