John Keane (artist) John Granville Colpoys Keane (born 12 September 1954) is a British artist, whose paintings have contemporary political and social themes. He is a political painter, whose subjects often concern contentious political, social and military issues.[2] In 1990, the Imperial War Museum commissioned him as an official war artist in the Gulf War.[2] 2001–02, he exhibited paintings which were derived from an expedition with Greenpeace during their campaign in the Amazon against illegal logging.[1] In 2002, he painted Mo Mowlam, former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.[2] The original idea was to represent her with other major figures in the Good Friday Agreement (Gerry Adams, John Hume and David Trimble), but four years of talks as to where the individuals should be placed ended with Trimble's withdrawal and the plan was abandoned.[3] In 2004, he toured his show, The Inconvenience of History, internationally. He is a visiting research fellow at Camberwell College of Arts. These include:[1]
He's on top of the art world May 23, 2010 By Bob Keyes bkeyes@pressherald.comStaff Writer NEW YORK - Fifteen years ago, just a few months shy of his 20th birthday, Ahmed Alsoudani defaced a mural of Saddam Hussein in his Baghdad neighborhood. click image to enlarge Ahmed Alsoudani, who grew up in Baghdad, fills his paintings with vivid colors and graphic imagery depicting his feelings about war in Iraq. Bob Keyes/Staff Writer As with this painting, Alsoudani’s images, created on huge pieces of canvas and paper in oil, acrylic, charcoal and pastel, reflect the pain and turmoil caused by war. Courtesy of the artist Additional Photos Below It was a youthful prank. But the consequences were steep. A frightened teenager, he arranged for a final tea with his family, assuming he would never see them again, and quietly slipped away. Alsoudani spoke little English and had no portfolio to speak of -- just a few rough paintings he carried with him. Circumstance, fate and Alsoudani's stubborn nature brought him to that moment.
Mickey Mouse at the Front 1991 IWM Non Commercial Licence The media for this item are free to reuse for non-commercial purposes under the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Video, sound and images can be embedded with the code we offer here, and images can also be downloaded. By downloading any images or embedding any media, you agree to the terms and conditions of the IWM Non Commercial Licence, including your use of the attribution statement specified by IWM. Download this item Download this item 1/2 © IWM (Art.IWM ART 16414) 2/2 © IWM (Art.IWM ART 16414) Catalogue number Art.IWM ART 16414 Production date Subject period 1976 to the present day Materials medium: oilsupport: canvas Dimensions Support: Height 1730 mmSupport: Width 1985 mmFrame: Height 1863 mmFrame: Width 2116 mmFrame: Depth 45 mm Alternative Names object category: painting Creator Keane, John Category art Buy a Print Object description image: a view along the beach at Kuwait City with blocks of hotels and beach defences lining the seafront in the background. History note
Ahmed Alsoudani At Mehr Gallery, New York | Saatchi Online Magazine : News and Updates for Art Lovers Ahmed Alsoudani, ‘Postcard from Baghdad’, 2007 Mixed media on paper, 84 x 108 inches Born in Baghdad, Ahmed Alsoudani moved to the US after the first Gulf war to take up studies at the Maine College of Art, where he earned a BFA. He is a graduate of Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and currently an MFA candidate at the Yale School of Art. For the first exhibition of his paintings, Alsoudani is showing large-scale canvases and smaller mixed media works on paper. Alsoudani’s work engages the question of how to depict extraordinary violence and social disruption in painting. The scene may be geopolitically the dissembling of Iraqi civil society. Alsoudani’s next show will be at Galerie Michael Janssen in Cologne.
Fire and Ice Last Chance to See: Drawn to Danger - War Artists at Work at Melton Carnegie Museum Arabella Dorman, Leaving Camp© Arabella Dorman Exhibition: Drawn to Danger - War Artists at Work at Melton Carnegie Museum until September 5 2010. As the eyes of the western media turn from the war in Iraq towards the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan an exhibition at Melton Carnegie Museum in Leicestershire has been focussing on the British soldier’s experience of the conflicts of Iraq and Bosnia. The hard hitting exhibition, Drawn to Danger - War Artists at Work, includes work by Arabella Dorman, who witnessed the conflict in Iraq alongside the paintings of Peter Howson, Britain's official war artist during the Bosnian conflict. Arabella Dorman, The Faces of the Fallen The latter’s grotesque style captures the horrors of the Bosnian war with controversial, but brutally honest images, which according to Peter Osborne, the Chairman of Leicestershire County Council “give an insight into what our troops have to deal with and brings the reality of war straight into our hearts and minds.”
Michael D. Fay Michael D. Fay is a former United States Marine Corps combat artist. Before his retirement from the Corps,[1] he was a war artist serving in Iraq.[3][4][5] He was deployed as an artist-correspondent embedded with US troops in Afghanistan.[3][4][6][7] He resides in Fredericksburg, Virginia.[5][8] Military career[edit] Fay enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1975 and was discharged in 1978 as an 81 mm mortarman (MOS 0341). Fay returned to service in the Marine Corps Reserve in January 2000. War artist[edit] The United States Marine Corps supports three combat artists[note 1] to produce fine art based on their experiences of combat and the life of Marines on the battlefield.[10] The orders are "Go to war. Fay has also had solo exhibitions at the Farnsworth Museum, where he was the target of a protest group.[15] His artwork has been published in Leatherneck Magazine—the official magazine of the Marine Corps Association—and the New York Times. See also[edit] Notes[edit]
The art of artillery: A Brush With the Guns at London's Firepower Royal Artillery Museum Exhibition: A Brush With the Guns, Firepower – The Royal Artillery Museum, London, until December 31 2010 A new exhibition exploring how art documents conflict has opened at The Royal Artillery Museum in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. A Brush With The Guns comprises 50 artworks, including pieces by contemporary artists and items from the Museum's own extensive art collection, many of which are going on display for the first time. Spanning more than 200 years, they range from pencil and watercolour to oils, appearing on a variety of media from canvas and paper to sketchpads, diaries and notebooks. Contemporary works include pieces by noted artists Matthew Cook (Times War Artist in Iraq, 2003) and Annabelle Elford, whose son served as a Royal Artillery Gunner in Afghanistan in 2008. (Above) © Annabelle Elford The photos Elford's son brought back from the front line inspired her to create a series of works of art which are being displayed at the Museum for the first time.
Fire and Ice: Marine Corps Combat Art from Afghanistan and Iraq / Soldier Editor's note: The James A. Michener Art Museum provided source material to Resource Library for the following article or essay. If you have questions or comments regarding the source material, please contact the James A. Michener Art Museum directly through either this phone number or web address: Fire and Ice: Marine Corps Combat Art from Afghanistan and Iraq / Soldier July 8 through October 21, 2007 From July 8 through October 21, 2007, the James A. "These two powerful exhibitions present very different points of view about the experiences of our military," said Brian H. Marine Warrant Officer Michael Fay, a Reservist from Fredericksburg, Virginia, is one of only two active-duty combat artists currently serving in the United States Marine Corps. Fay's drawings and watercolors, on view in the Fred Beans Gallery, depict Marines conducting their routine business in difficult and unfamiliar settings. Fire and Ice by Brian H. The Combat Art Program is remarkable for many reasons.
100 Years of Illustration : Fay, Michael, USMC, Afghanistan and Iraq Mike Fay, working and walking in the shoes of Kerr Eby (1890-1946) and other famous combat artists, is now retired from the U.S. Marine Corps and publishing a book about his tours of duty and deployment on his web site. Michael Fay and his fiancée, Janis, who will be married on 10 October of this year at the newly completed chapel at the National Museum of the U.S. Marine Corps, in Triangle, VA, adjacent to the Quantico marine base. You can read the first two chapters by clicking on the link above which will bring up Chapter Two. Simply scroll down to the introduction and the first chapter. Michael Fay has done what few among us ever has -- to the everlasting credit of the profession of illustration. Click on this line for other posts uploaded here about Michael Fay.
Programmes | World News America | The art of war Three war artists offer their insights into the depiction of modern military conflict. Xavier Pick, Arabella Doorman and Nick Bashall have been to Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo. "People refer to me as a war artist," said Pick, who spent six weeks with military forces in Basra. Rather than illustrating the actual event, Pick is trying to capture the themes and the atmosphere over a period of time. Xavier Pick explains why he became a war artist and Arabella Doorman talks about her paintings. Both Pick and Doorman try to stay out of politics with their art. "I am not for or against occupation or combat operations in Iraq," said Doorman. Doorman says she went to Iraq with very few preconceptions. "The professionalism, the bravery and the comradery of our soldiers is something that I wanted to portray above everything else," said Doorman.