Remembrance Blast Print

One of a series of 10 paintings depicting the traditional landscape of poppy fields but with a contemporary edge. The Signification of the Poppy series combines the beauty of flowers with the symbolic role of the Poppy in association with war throughout history. The works finely depict the poppy as a metaphor. Some represent the emblem of poppy worn for Remembrance Day: another life, another loss. Others depict farmed opium poppies; their beauty offset by the reason for their existence, representing current causes of conflict. In ‘A Troubled World’ and ‘Carpet of Red’ the suggestion of war is confirmed in the distance, where the rolling green hills when viewed more closely have a river of blood running between them, flowing down from the bloodshed in the barren, sandy, habituated hills. Just proves that beauty can be deceiving. A field of flowers can be more than a pretty picture. Exhibited as a solo exhibition, in the windows of Brighton’s Jubilee Library, the positioning of the art in a public space rather than the confines of a hidden gallery sought to include and draw in a wider audience to raise collective awareness and provoke thought. “Our world is still ridden with war and suffering despite our historical consciousness supposedly moving forward. A core aim of the exhibition is to highlight the forthcoming Remembrance Day and serve as a reminder for avoidance of bloodshed in future. When poppies sprung from the blood drenched battlefields they signified life not death.” Jacqueline Hammond 2008 Remembrance Blast depicts poppy as worn to commemorate Remembrance Day and pay respect to lives lost as part of the Poppy Appeal, in aid of the British Legion. Poppies were first suggested as a symbol of Remembrance in 1918 and were adopted by the American Legion in 1920. In 1921 the British Legion adopted it and the first Poppy Appeal was born. In this piece the poppies spread into the distance saturating the canvas to become a block of red, giving this piece a striking abstract quality.

Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper

Size:10 W x 10 H x 0.1 D in

Size with Frame:15.25 W x 15.25 H x 1.2 D in

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