Night raid, Bagdad

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Accession Number ART90170
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 90.5 x 121.4 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on canvas
Maker Faulkner, Patrick
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made 1991
Conflict Gulf War, 1990-1991
Copyright

Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright

Description

Depicts the silhouette of a US F16 fighter-interceptor aircraft superimposed on a map marked with various directional symbols . Above this is a silhouetted night skyline with weapons, explosions and anti-aircraft tracer and flak making star patterns in the night sky. An apocalyptic representation of sun burst or weapons explosion in a smoky sky features at the top of the canvas. This work was produced by the artist, Patrick Faulkner , in response to the First Gulf War (1990-91) .