Truth or Consequences 2006
Truth or Consequences
Catalogue raisonné no. 681
Artist's CR 620
2006
Kinkell
Oil on wood
49.5 x 104 x3.25 inches / 0 cm
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Gerald Laing: Iraq War Paintings, Globe Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2007chevron_right
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Gerald Laing: New Paintings for Modern Times, exhibition catalogue, ocontemporary Gallery, 2008chevron_right
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Michael McNay, 'Gerald Laing obituary', Guardian, 25 Novemberchevron_right
Selected Citations and Comments
The painting reprises the lenticular technique of Souvenir (of the Cuban Missile Crisis Oct 16–28 1962) [cat. number 3] to show, from one angle, Tony Blair and the aftermath of the 2005 Tavistock Square bombing, and, from another, George W. Bush and the bombing of Baghdad in 2003. It was displayed, to some controversy, at the National Army Museum in July 2007. It is the source image for the digital print Truth or Consequences [cat. number P72].