UR (The standard in Ur) 2005

Acrylic And Collage On Wood Panel

2004-2005

60 x 48 inches

The standard of Ur, or Ur is a collage and acrylic painting on wood panel. The work is 6’x 4’. It depicts a green hooded figure who is falling forward. The painting itself was inspired or influenced by a series of photographs that came out of Iraq during the second gulf war. These photographs depicted images of miss treated Iraqi prisoners in the Abu Ghraib prison. Although the content of this work was conceived by these photographs, my goal and hope are that it transcends beyond this and reflects and calls attention to a condemnation of man’s mistreatment to his fellow man, the age-old complexities of the conflicts of the peoples of the middle east and in a more universal way, the human condition. The title of the painting references an ancient Sumerian artifact called The Standard of Ur, which was a military standard found in the ancient city of Ur, located in central Iraq. The painting’s composition also references Caravaggio’s Entombment of Christ.

Offered for sale at $16,800