Blitz Gallery 6

 

Sheet 50" X 50

"Flag 50" x 50"

 

I knew that eventually I would have to confront the portrayal of death and injury. It is a sensitive area and it would have been offensive to the memories of many to create images of broken and mutilated people.

Because of this I have chosen 'sheets' as my symbols of destruction. Often they were the only recognisable remains of homes. By their nature they survived the ferocity of blast; their tattered remnants hanging from the trees and buildings..In horrific circumstances they were shredded to bind wounds, to comfort the injured and dying, and to hide horrendous mutilation.

Beneath them in neat rows, the dead were laid out for identificationt he remains of the unclaimed were wrapped and buried in them..they are remnants of death and wounding... Stained, burned, severed and blackened, they are the 'witnesses'.

The working materials used in these images were donated by people who kept them as mementoes; salvaged from the debris of their homes.