THE WALLS OF SHAME, 2016
Pigmented concrete
185 H x 204 W x 20 D cm (74 H x 81.6 W x 8 D inches)
Further images
“This powerful image by Bernie Boston from 1967, showing anti-Vietnam war demonstrators inserting flowers into the gun barrels of the Military Police, inspired my frustration with senseless wars. Times move...
“This powerful image by Bernie Boston from 1967, showing
anti-Vietnam war demonstrators inserting flowers into the gun
barrels of the Military Police, inspired my frustration with senseless
wars. Times move on but warmongers are still around.
I imagined a current warzone where children who have lost all
hopes take to sculpting flowers from bombed out derelict concrete
walls. I did it for them in my Studio.”
anti-Vietnam war demonstrators inserting flowers into the gun
barrels of the Military Police, inspired my frustration with senseless
wars. Times move on but warmongers are still around.
I imagined a current warzone where children who have lost all
hopes take to sculpting flowers from bombed out derelict concrete
walls. I did it for them in my Studio.”