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Ceramics/ Gallery 01/ Page 03
Carafe
Earthenware, h 20cm
This sculpture is a development of the still-life
motif although the only surviving recognisable
element is the wine bottle.
The image is of a first world war howitzer
canon, something I gleaned from childhood
TV documentaries.
This abandoned weapon is simultaneously heroic-aggressive
and tragic-pathetic.
The first world war was notable for the way
it destroyed the youth and hope of a generation.
Any war requires that participants on at least
one side are convinced that a military victory
is possible and desirable and that the risk
of personal, community and national disaster
which so commonly occurs is worth taking.
The disastrous consequences of all wars are
repeatedly overlooked in favour of the siren
voices of heroism and glory.
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