Army daze, Home sweet home

Place Asia: Vietnam
Accession Number ART45059
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 41 x 29.8 cm (irregular)
Object type Work on paper
Physical description fibre-tipped pen on paper
Maker Moore, Peter
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Toukley
Date made c 1989
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright

Description

A large, distorted figure wearing an apron and flowered dress, holding a smaller, weaker man in army uniform by the throat. The large figure is saying "Just give me one good reason why you want to go back to Vietnam?" A 'Home Sweet Home' sign hangs in the background above a small child. Three other children, one with a rattle, are in the foreground. The words 'Army Daze' appear at the top of the work. This work highlights the many problems experienced by Vietnam veterans as they attempted to assume their former lives, including integration back into families and communities on return home from war. Such difficulties manifested as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) through feelings such as alienation and emotional estrangement from others.

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