Mark James - Another Soldier

On the 11th November 2007, Remembrance Sunday, the Ministry of Defence stated that 171 British Soldiers had died in Iraq since the beginning of the war in March 2003. Originally created as a one off piece in May 2006 as time has passed Another Soldier has become a more potent symbol for the frivolous and disposable way soldiers lives are being used by our government to fight in an unjust war. As the war in Iraq blunders on the stories of horror and tragedy are routinely being glossed over while the latest celebrity tittle-tattle and Big Brother headlines are given front page prominence. The toy soldier lying in his coffin is intended as a stark reminder of our increasingly desensitised attitudes towards the concept of war, its brutal realities and our apparent acceptance of the government and the media’s portrayal of war as a game that is played in some far-off land, with soldiers discarded like broken playthings unrelated to the real and significant, needless loss of human life.__Another Soldier is an edition of 171 screen prints, each representing a soldier. Taken from one original image, each print varies slightly as the ink dries and fills each screen; the image gradually decaying at each stage in the printing process. Each print is signed and numbered.__Important Note - The boldness of the central image of these prints varies across the print run, this is an intended imperfection symbolising the fading from our minds of the horrors of the war in Iraq. The prints are issued randomly.__10% of profits from this print will be donated to the Royal British Legion.

Size: 70x50cm
Signed Silk Screen Print
Limited Edition of 171