Always in the name of God

Place North & Central America: United States of America, New York
Accession Number ART94000
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 60.8 x 82.0 cm
Object type Print
Physical description inkjet print on paper
Maker Bennett, Gordon
Date made 2006
Conflict Period 2000-2009
Copyright

Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright

Description

This inkjet print is a sophisticated melange of motifs that Bennett has sourced form a variety of influences and from his own observations. It incorporates the outline of the New York cityscape to indicate the place and time of the attacks on the World Trade Center. The September 11 event is represented through the second aeroplane on a direct path to the Twin Towers that are already a scene of chaos. Below is a host of bodies and heads alongside a black bible with a white crucifix inscribed with 'morte' (death). Set against the pink pixel background that is overwritten by Islamic script references from the Koran, this is an considered print that addresses the political, social and global complexities of the War on Terror. This edition of the print is the artist's proof.