Steve McQueen: 'Queen and Country'
See the artist's moving tribute to our armed forces in Iraq before it closes in January
Steve McQueen's moving exhibition at the Imperial War Museum is dedicated to all the victims of the Iraq war.
Commemorating the British service personnel who have been killed in the war in Iraq, McQueen's project takes the form of a series of postage stamp sheets featuring photographic portraits of individual men and women who have lost their lives in the conflict so far. Each stamp also bears the standard profile of Her Majesty the Queen, the sovereign in whose name they went to fight.
Commissioned by the Imperial War Museum and the Manchester International Festival to respond to the conflict in Iraq, Steve McQueen wanted to find a way to bring these people into our everyday lives, our homes and workplaces as a reminder of our country's participation in the war. The project is both a tribute to the deceased and 'a reflection upon the validity of war, the structure of power and notions of national identity'. These stamps are facsimiles: the artist hopes that an official set of stamps might eventually be issued by Royal Mail.
Find out more about this and other exhibitions and events at The Imperial War Museum.
How to get there
Underground: The nearest tube stations
are at Lambeth North and Waterloo.
Bus: 1, 3, 12,
45, 53, 63, 68, 159, 168, 171, 172, 176, 188, 344 and C10 all serve the
area.
