War Paintings 2002 - present
It grieves me to see that the daughters and grand daughters of some of my Starlets have joined the US Army and served at Abu Ghraib, that the descendants of my Navy Pilot bomb defenceless cities from 35,000 feet, that the myth of the American Dream is being imposed by force as a new imperialism, and that the great adventure in space is reduced to numerous, mostly warlike, surveillance satellites.
I have painted them again, in their new roles.
I exhibit these paintings as widely as possible. They are greeted with enthusiasm at every venue, in New York particularly, because they voice (if that is the appropriate word) the thoughts of those who have no means of making themselves heard.
Gerald Laing, 2006
Digital prints of the War Paintings are available from the ocontemporary gallery.
The Silent Sullen People Shall Weigh Your Gods and You
CR 606b
2004 · Scotland
60 x 48 · Oil on canvas
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Study For “Homage to Joseph Albers”
CR 615
2005 · Kinkell, Scotland
32 x 36 · Oil on Canvas
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