WEAPONS

This show is a portrait of the modern weapon. Weapons obsess western society. They appear relentlessly on television and in the media. We are martial, whether we like it or not.


As a painter, an observer, I believe we have a duty to look closely at something that is central to society. I hope, as it were, to have done the looking for you. 


For four years I was granted unprecedented access to the Army's weapons and made 14 paintings of different forms of weapon, including the soldiers themselves. 


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All text and images © Blaise Smith 2009