| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART29702 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Unframed: 76.9 cm x 105 cm x 4 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | synthetic polymer paint and oil on canvas |
| Maker |
Fairskye, Merilyn |
| Place made | United States of America: New York |
| Date made | 1991 |
| Conflict |
Gulf War, 1990-1991 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
Purple, Warrant Officer Guy Hunter Jr, Iraq, 1991
Description
Fairskye has depicted a portrait of Warrant Officer Guy Hunter Jr, an American officer who served in Iraq and had 4 tours of duty in Vietnam. The right side of Hunter’s face is in a realistic style, while the left side is distorted, as if being stretched and pulled by an external force. The work comments on the role of prisoners of war in the progress of the First Gulf War. It focuses on the way their images were used, by the media for propaganda purposes. Hunter was the navigator in a Marine OV-10 Bronco when his plane was hit by a surface to air missile, Hunter managed to eject and landed in emery territory. He was captured by Iraqi’s and was a POW for 46 days. He was made give an interview denouncing the war which was played on Iraqi television and broadcast by Cable News Network around the world. Hunter was awareded the Prisoner of War Medal due to his Iraq service.