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Allies close in on capital
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Maker: Unknown The Canberra Times Federal Capital Press of Australia Ltd
Depicts a headline broadsheet published by the 'Canberra Times' newspaper . The headline, which is related to the First Gulf War (1990-91) , states 'Allies close in on capital'.ARTV09265
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All the fine young men: In the middle of 1990 as Saddam and Bush rattled their sabres...
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Maker: Evans, Roslyn
A collage-like image of two baby photographs and a photograph of two young men overlayed with sections of text derived from newspapers and the artist's own thoughts about war and politics. The border ...ART29767.006
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All the news that's fit to know
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Maker: Senbergs, Jan The Australian Print Workshop
Depicts a silhouette of a cameraman on the right recording chaotic images of war such as destroyed buildings, debris, fires and the figure of a screaming mutant person with upraised arms. This work is...ART29785
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A man whose family died when his house was bombed in a Basrah suburb
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Portrait of an unidentified man beside a bomb damaged house, with other buildings in the background in Basrah. The man's family died when the bombing occurred.ART29752.048
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A man whose family died when his house was bombed in a Basrah suburb
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
A man's face in the foreground, inside a house, with the sun depicted in the background.ART29752.047
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Amman to Jerusalem, view of Jordan River and the West Bank from the bus
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Jordan River and West Bank, coloured in blue and red accordingly.ART29752.058
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And the games begin...
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Maker: Leahy, Sean
Depicts a cartoon of a smouldering rocket that has landed in the centre of a Star of David, painted on the sand. This satirical cartoon was created by Sean Leahy in response to the First Gulf War (199...ART90065
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...and whats the military significance of this other one Doc?
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Maker: Leahy, Sean
Depicts a cartoon of Saddam Hussein lying on a pshchologist's couch talking to him about his dreams.This satirical cartoon was created by Sean Leahy in response to the First Gulf War (1990-1991). Sean...ART90073
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Angry guards at the bombed 14th July Bridge
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Close up of a man's face, with an angry face expression. Two men sit to the left of this transparent portrait, while a bombed bridge is in the background. A dead body lies in the centre foreground.ART29752.012
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A question of time
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Maker: McDuff, Jennifer
Depicts a combat image taken in Vietnam. The image has been used to comment on Australia's inclusion in the First Gulf War in 1991, and the increasing participation of Australians in peacekeeping for...ART90153
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Arrival 1 a.m. figure at bus terminal, Baghdad
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Weary and slightly distorted figure in a bus terminal in Baghdad. A crowd of people and a bus are in the background.ART29752.004
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A wagon-load of dismembered ghosts, Najaf, study for 'Najaf, Iraq, June 1991'
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Kevin Connor's drawing depicts the lives lost and ruin to the city of Najaf, Iraq, at the end of the Gulf War in 1991. A man wheeling a wagon in the lower half of the drawing collects charred figures...ART29752.034
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Baghdad, bombed street in the old Christian area, dogs and heat
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Abstract landscape of a bombed street in Baghdad. The right side shows the inside of a home, while the left shows debris, people's faces and dogs.ART29752.015
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Baghdad bridge
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Maker: Kostelnik, Dragan
There is a section of the Baghdad bridge missing, perhaps as result of war-related destruction, or maybe because of years of neglect. It no longer exists as a bridge between places, but cuts off one w...ART90695
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Baghdad defence ministry
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Maker: Kostelnik, Dragan
This print illustrates the bombing of the Baghdad Defence Ministry. In the background, the Ministry is ablaze, whilst smoke billows into the foreground. The artist has contrasted the bright orange of ...ART90709
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Baghdad defence ministry and two phantoms (Babylon sisters)
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Maker: Kostelnik, Dragan
A man lies on the ground inside the courtyard of a building, which (one is led to assume by the title) is the Baghdad Defence Ministry. Flying overhead are two aircraft.ART90708
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Baghdad looking like a mid-west American city
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
A street scene in Baghdad showing high rises and apartments, along with a major road. As the title indicates, the artist has noted the similarities between the Baghdad landscape and cities in the Amer...ART29752.010
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Baghdad, soldiers along the Tigris
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Three soldiers resting along the Tigris River, including a close-up depiction of a soldier's face. The background is filled with buildings and sky.ART29752.016
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Barricade, soldiers and light field gun outside Mosque, Karbala
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Two soldiers standing beside a light field gun, with buildings in the background.ART29752.026
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[Base can you read me?...]
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Maker: Leahy, Sean
Depicts a cartoon produced during the First Gulf War (1990-1991) which comments on the pervasiveness of the media during this war. A fighter pilot , flying over a burning city, prepares to eject from ...ART90049
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Battle success
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Maker: Unknown The Australian Nationwide News
Depicts a headline broadsheet for 'The Australian' newspaper . The headline is 'Battle Success'. The image depicts Australian soldiers on a tank celebrating and relates to the First Gulf War (1990-91)...ARTV09264
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Battle success
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Maker: Unknown The Australian
Depicts a headline broadsheet for 'The Australian' newspaper . The headline is 'Battle Success'. The image depicts Australian soldiers in the Middle East. The soldiers are standing and sitting on a ta...ARTV09222
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Battle success
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Maker: Unknown The Australian
Depicts a headline broadsheet for 'The Australian' newspaper . The headline is 'Battle Success'. The image depicts Australian soldiers in the Middle East. The soldiers are standing and sitting on a ta...ARTV09221
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Best actor nominee: Sadam Hussein in Hamlet, Prince of Baghdad
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Maker: Leahy, Sean
Depicts Saddam Hussein sitting on a rock in a desolate desert landscape in Iraq, with a skull beside him, saying 'To be...or not to be?' . Behind him are bomb craters and smoke rising into the air. Th...ART90057
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Blue, Naval Lieutenant Jeffrey N. Zaun, Iraq, 1991
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Maker: Fairskye, Merilyn
Fairskye has depicted the right side of Lieutenant Jeffrey N. Zaun's face in a realistic style, while the left side is distorted, as if being stretched and pulled by an external force. The work commen...ART29700
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Bob Hawke in the back pocket of a cowboy with Saddam Hussein
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Maker: Leahy, Sean
Depicts a cartoon of the small figure of Australian Prime Minister, Bob Hawke, in the back pocket of a cowboy who is just about to be involved in a gun fight with Saddam Hussein. This satirical cartoo...ART90080
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Bomb/bunker
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Maker: Kostelnik, Dragan
A darkened image of a bomb bunker by night. In the centre of the wall of the bunker, there is an un-coloured, embossed cross over which the artist has printed a cartoon image of a cat. This image is a...ART90711
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Bombed bridge, dogs and sunset, Baghdad
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
A semi-abstract scene of a destroyed bridge as well as roaming dogs. A pink and red sky is in the background, a sunset in Baghdad.ART29752.021
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Bombed convention centre
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Convention centre destroyed by bombs, Baghdad, Iraq.ART29752.007
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Bombed highway south of Basrah, near the Kuwaiti border
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Tank, debris and a generally desolate environment of the highway south of Basrah.ART29752.052
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Bombed highway south of Basrah, rusting tanks, broken car and self drawing
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
A broken car and tanks along a desolate highway south of Basrah, with the sun omitting from above.ART29752.053
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Bombed 14th July Bridge and the guards
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Bombed bridge, showing a gap down to the water. The work comprises bold primary colours of blue, red and yellow.ART29752.013
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Bound for Baghdad
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Maker: Bowen, Dean
Depicts a bomber flying towards buildings in Baghdad. The work was created in response to the First Gulf War(1990-91). The image depicts a high-tech weapon (bomber plane) used in this war in a simpli...ART92077
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Broken bridge bombed near Basrah
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Scene near Basrah, Iraq of a broken bridge and surrounding debris.ART29752.044
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Collateral damage
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Maker: Evans, Roslyn
Depicts images of children's faces alternating with images of weapons of war, such as bombs and missiles. The work comments on the fact that civilians and children hurt by war were referred to as 'col...ART90133
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Come on...lighten up Gorby
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Maker: Leahy, Sean
Depicts the United States President, George Bush Snr playing golf in an office, while the Russian President, Mickael Gorbachov, is seated at the end of a table behind him, trying to draw the President...ART90076
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Dawn and the road from Baghdad to Karbala and Najaf
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Monotonous road scene near Baghdad. No vehicles or people are evident and identical palm trees line the road. Completed in red crayon and black ink, the thin short crayon markings give the work a sens...ART29752.024
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Desert Shield Saudi Arabia
Published Collection
Maker: U.S Allegiance U.S. Allegiance Inc.
American patriotic postcard. Image of US flag surrounded by scenes of military actions with the 'Department of Defense - United States of America' insignia. On the back of the card it reads "Defenders...RC01312.004
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Eight small drawings around Baghdad
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Eight drawings of varying sizes taped onto the one sheet, showing a myriad of scenes including people, buildings, vehicles including a taxi, and civilians, some injured.ART29752.060
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End of the hostage crisis
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Maker: Leahy, Sean
Depicts three people, dying of thirst, crawling along the sand in the desert, with a mirage on the horizon revealing the words 'End of the Hostage Crisis'. This satirical cartoon was created by Sean L...ART90077
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[Environmental catastrophe in the Gulf...and in Australia]
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Maker: Leahy, Sean Leahy, Sean
A cartoon drawn for publication in the Melbourne 'Herald' newspaper in 1991 related to the environmental damage in the First Gulf War. The cartoon depicts the burning oil fields and oil covered birds ...ART90048
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Ephemera: Gulf War, 1990-1991
Published Collection
Maker: Various
The collection contains postcards, souvenirs and leaflets produced during the Gulf War, 1990-1991. The postcard collection is primarily made up of American and French postcards, however there are al...RC00687
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Equation 2
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Maker: Evans, Roslyn
Depicts a series of images of tanks, airoplanes, bombs, US flags and dead bodies in rows of 'mathematical' equations. The 'mathematical' equations demonstrate the absurdity of much militaristic thinki...ART90131
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Faces in Basrah that speak of dreadful memories
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Tortured-looking face standing over a (presumably dead) body, which is crouched to the ground, legs bent and arms spread out.ART29752.046
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Facing living past in the present
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Maker: Anwar, Rushdi
Rushdi Anwar is a Kurdish-Australian artist whose childhood was strongly impacted by war in Iraq and the genocide committed by Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein against Kurdish people. Anwar’s home town ...AWM2020.261.1
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Factory strike
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Maker: Kostelnik, Dragan
This print depicts a factory as seen through the view finder in an aircraft. The title of the print, Factory Strike, suggest that the factory is the target in an imminent air strike.ART90713
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Figure and portrait in city square, Najaf
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
An Na'jaf; city square with large portrait of the i leader, Saddam Hussein, on buildingART29752.037
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First morning, Baghdad
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
Scene inside a building in Baghdad. A man stand with his right arm in the air. Distorted figures, including one with a cage around their head occupy the foreground.ART29752.005
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First signs of war, Amman to Baghdad
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Maker: Connor, Kevin
A bombed highway and transmitter station in the road to Baghdad.ART29752.002
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Flag for a New World Order
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Maker: Evans, Roslyn
Depicts an image of the United States flag superimposed over rows of skulls, rather than stars. Referring to the involvement of the United States in the First Gulf War (1990-91) , Evans' work critici...ART90132