All the fine young men: If it had not been for the Second World War...

Place Oceania: Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra
Accession Number ART29767.001
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 46.6 x 42.5 cm
Object type Print
Physical description mixed media
Maker Evans, Roslyn
Place made Australia: Australian Capital Territory, Canberra
Date made 1992
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: External copyright

Description

Depicts a collage like image of two baby photographs and a photograph of two young men overlayed with sections of text, deal with politics and war, derived from newspapers. The border of the image contains depictions of a US flag, tanks, aircraft, bombs, stealth bombers and peace symbols, along with a row of anonymous soldiers. In this work, the use of photographs of the artist's children as babies and as young men and her inclusion of text reflect her feelings of how great events in history such as war, effect the intimate and private parts of a family's history.