Marc Bijl, Iraqi Stars (proposal for a monument), 2007, Polystyrene, paint, concrete plaster, warning tape 490 x 368 x 100 cm. Courtesy of the artist and The Breeder, Athens
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Reactions to Memorial to the Iraq War
Read reactions from the media and around the world to the ICA's Memorial to the Iraq War exhibition.
Is there anything for art to say about Iraq?, Guardian, 22 May 2007
Contributing artist Liam Gillick says there doesn't seem to be much point in conventional artistic responses to the Iraq conflict - artists need to be much more direct.
Iraq's war reaches the arts world, BBC, 23 May 2007
The BBC sends Iraqi artist Rashad Selim to take a first look at the show.
Critics' Choice, Time Out, 1 June 1007
Five stars out of six from J J Charlesworth.
Memorial to the Iraq War, Socialist Worker, 9 June 2007
John Molyneux welcomes a new art exhibition that engages directly with Iraq
Iraq war: A vital theme, Morning Star, Monday 4 June
After its conspicuous absence from the mainstream, anti-war art has finally found a platform at the ICA.
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Memorial to the Iraq War
Twenty-six artists from around the world present proposals for a memorial to the Iraq War, addressing the invasion and occupation of the country, its slide into civil war and the conflict's relation to global jihadism and the War on Terror.