Projects: 2000-2007 > War Column (February 5, 2003-March 2, 2008)

1,484 days of US military involvement in Iraq---as witnessed in the NY Times, through my drawing hand.

This piece took shape during a residency at the American Academy in Rome, and is dedicated to Art Historian Richard Brilliant.

Brilliant's study of Trajan's Column--as a multi-layered, experiential mnemonic device full of cinematic qualities and abrupt transitions--had a profound effect on my thinking while working on this project, and has had a deep influence on subsequent work.


(See:The Column of Trajan and Its Heirs: Helical Tales, Ambiguous Trails in Visual Narratives: Storytelling in Etruscan and Roman Art by Richard Brilliant).

War Column (February 5, 2003-March 2, 2008)
War Column (February 5, 2003-March 2, 2008)
Ink and brush; acrylic on gessoed paper
20' X 40"
War Column (February 5, 2003-March 2, 2008)
War Column (February 5, 2003-March 2, 2008)
Ink and brush; acrylic on gessoed paper
20' X 40"
War Column (February 5, 2003-March 2, 2008)
War Column (February 5, 2003-March 2, 2008)
Ink and brush; acrylic on gessoed paper
20' X 40"
War Column (February 5, 2003-March 2, 2008)
War Column (February 5, 2003-March 2, 2008)
Ink and brush; acrylic on gessoed paper
20' X 40"
War Column (February 5, 2003-March 2, 2008)
War Column (February 5, 2003-March 2, 2008)
Ink and brush; acrylic on gessoed paper
20' X 40"
War Column (February 5, 2003-March 2, 2008)
War Column (February 5, 2003-March 2, 2008)
Ink and brush; acrylic on gessoed paper
20' X 40"
War Column (February 5, 2003-March 2, 2008)
War Column (February 5, 2003-March 2, 2008)
Ink and brush; acrylic on gessoed paper
20' X 40"
War Column (February 5, 2003-March 2, 2008)
War Column (February 5, 2003-March 2, 2008)
Ink and brush; acrylic on gessoed paper
20' X 40"
War Column (February 5, 2003-March 2, 2008)
War Column (February 5, 2003-March 2, 2008)
Ink and brush; acrylic on gessoed paper
20' X 40"
War Column (February 5, 2003-March 2, 2008)
War Column (February 5, 2003-March 2, 2008)
Ink and brush; acrylic on gessoed paper
20' X 40"
War Column (February 5, 2003-March 2, 2008)
War Column (February 5, 2003-March 2, 2008)
Ink and brush; acrylic on gessoed paper
20' X 40"
War Column (February 5, 2003-March 2, 2008)
War Column (February 5, 2003-March 2, 2008)
Ink and brush; acrylic on gessoed paper
20' X 40"
War Column (February 5, 2003-March 2, 2008)
War Column (February 5, 2003-March 2, 2008)
Ink and brush; acrylic on gessoed paper
20' X 40"