Cleansed I
Artist Iain McColl was an official war artist sent
to record the conflict in Bosnia in the early
1990s. His series of drawings entitled 'Cleansed' refer
to the ethnic cleansing he witnessed. He gives little visual
detail about these figures but isolated against their black
backgrounds, pushed down low in the picture frame and with their
distorted, anguished features, McColl expresses something of the
human horror and suffering brought about by the war.
McColl works predominantly as a sculptor and his
drawings have a sculptural quality to them.
Object no :
RI_DI_0053752
Collection :
Creator :
Iain McColl
Place of Production :
NA
Dimensions :
NA
Materials :
mixed media
Location :
NA
Accession number :
FA/A666
Copyright :
The Artist