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Pictures of War
Mary Griffiths
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Description for Pictures of War
Paperback. Mary Griffiths' knowledge of war began with her parents' stories and a suitcase full of black and white photographs taken by her father during his service in the Second World War. War remained family history and background news until she began to record, nightly for eighteen months, the images of war flickering across her television screen. Num Pages: 136 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 292.
Mary Griffiths' knowledge of war began with her parents' stories and a suitcase full of black and white photographs taken by her father during his service in the Second World War. War remained family history and background news until she began to record, nightly for eighteen months, the images of war flickering across her television screen. She stilled the flow of news to make rapid sketches of those who were making the war and those caught up in it, 'seeing' what she was being shown. Her drawings are lucid and humane in their depiction of the fabric of lives lived ... Read more
Mary Griffiths' knowledge of war began with her parents' stories and a suitcase full of black and white photographs taken by her father during his service in the Second World War. War remained family history and background news until she began to record, nightly for eighteen months, the images of war flickering across her television screen. She stilled the flow of news to make rapid sketches of those who were making the war and those caught up in it, 'seeing' what she was being shown. Her drawings are lucid and humane in their depiction of the fabric of lives lived ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857549935
SKU
V9781857549935
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99-30
About Mary Griffiths
Mary Griffiths (b.1965) studied English at the University of Newcastle (1984-87) and Museum Studies at the University of Manchester (1988-89). She has worked as a curator since 1989 and is currently Curator of Modern Art at The Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester. She is studying for an MA in Fine Art at Manchester Metropolitan University and ... Read more
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