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Description: | The image is about combining old and new images with a narrative of the unchanging human condition. Old images, appropriated from Piranesi's 'Vedute di Roma' series. The destruction of the 9/11 attack is combined with the destruction of the old Roman empire. The images of the N.Y.P.D man and the red child act as modern references which key in to recent war history. | Subjects: | iconic use of ´the child in red´ from ´Schindler´s list´ and ´Don´t look now´ Digital print appropriation of Piranesi print image (c. 1750) combined with newspaper images from the 9/11 atrocity | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Ken Sheppard Approach: Postmodern/digital Nationality: British | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=7176... | Go to resource |
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