17 Oct 2013

The Art of War: Tony Blair's controversial 'Iraq selfie' stars in new exhibition at Imperial War Museum

By Martin Robinson: Grinning in a 'selfie' with a blazing Iraqi oilfield behind him, this is how Tony Blair is being portrayed in a new exhibition about modern warfare.
The Imperial War Museum North in Manchester says Catalyst: Contemporary Art and War, a collection of 70 works created since since the First Gulf War, forms the largest and most important show of its kind for years.
At its centre is the kennardphillipps' take on the decision to invade Iraq ten years ago, with a happy Tony Blair cut in front of a shocking battle scene of smoke and flames in Iraq.
Powerful: Kennardphillipps' take on the decision to invade Iraq ten years ago shows a happy Tony Blair in front of burning oil field



Powerful: Kennardphillipps' take on the decision to invade Iraq ten years ago shows a happy Tony Blair in front of burning oil field
The exhibition also includes Turner Prize winning artist Steve McQueen's For Queen and Country.
It is a series of 'postage stamp' sheets with photographic portraits of those who died in the Iraq War and each one also bears the standard profile of the Queen.

The work was completed in collaboration with 98 families of the deceased soldiers who chose the photographs.

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