QUEEN AND COUNTRY - A Project by Steve McQueen

Following its unveiling at the Manchester International Festival last year, Queen and Country has been on display at London’s Imperial War Museum. Now, The Art Fund has undertaken to tour the work and in the coming months it will travel to museums, galleries and art centres across the UK.

In addition to experiencing this powerful piece of art, visitors will be invited to take part in the fulfilment of Steve McQueen’s vision by adding their name to The Art Fund's online petition. The ultimate goal of the project is to persuade Royal Mail to issue real stamps in commemoration of individual service personnel who have died in the current conflict in Iraq.

Admission will be free at all venues.

  • 28th April – 1st June
    Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London
    Level 2, Green Side

    At the Southbank Centre, Queen and Country is installed in the Royal Festival Hall. The Hall, which reopened in June 2007 after a major refurbishment, is programming a series of projects that highlight the social and political importance of artists, and the power of art to influence communities. Queen and Country is installed in the Hall's foyer spaces, which can be accessed by all members of the public from 10am – 10pm every day.

     

    For more information on Southbank Centre click here

     

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  • 4th June - 27th July
    Barbican Centre, London
    Mezzanine Level by the Barbican Theatre

    Queen and Country will be on display at the Barbican Centre to coincide with the run of Black Watch the National Theatre of Scotland's award winning play based on interviews with former soldiers who served in Iraq.

    We are proud to bring Queen and Country to the Barbican to run alongside The National Theatre of Scotland's award winning production Black Watch. These highly evocative creative responses to the Iraq war conflict illustrate powerfully the immense personal cost to those involved. We are pleased that we can offer audiences the opportunity to see this poignant exhibition and magnificent performance together.

    Louise Jeffreys
    Head of Theatre, Barbican Centre

    For more information on Black Watch at the Barbican Theatre click here.

    Read the Observer’s article on Black Watch here.

    Queen and Country will then be exhibited at venues around the country; details will be announced on this page shortly.

     

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