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An artwork to commemorate British service men and women killed in Iraq, including many from Scotland is now on display at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh until 15th February 2009. Queen and Country has been brought to Edinburgh by the Art Fund, the UK's leading independent art charity...Created by official war artist and Turner Prize winner Steve McQueen, in collaboration with 136 families whose loved ones lost their lives in Iraq, Queen and Country consists of a large oak cabinet with vertical drawers containing a series of facsimile postage stamp sheets. Each sheet is dedicated to a fallen member of the Armed Forces and features a photographic portrait chosen by their family member. Until the stamps are officially issued by Royal Mail, McQueen considers Queen and Country imcomplete...Pic shows Lance Corporal Allan Douglas, The Highlanders, died January 2006, aged 22
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December 2008, 02-12-08 Queen and Country
An artwork to commemorate British service men and women killed in Iraq, including many from Scotland is now on display at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh until 15th February 2009. Queen and Country has been brought to Edinburgh by the Art Fund, the UK's leading independent art charity...Created by official war artist and Turner Prize winner Steve McQueen, in collaboration with 136 families whose loved ones lost their lives in Iraq, Queen and Country consists of a large oak cabinet with vertical drawers containing a series of facsimile postage stamp sheets. Each sheet is dedicated to a fallen member of the Armed Forces and features a photographic portrait chosen by their family member. Until the stamps are officially issued by Royal Mail, McQueen considers Queen and Country imcomplete...Pic shows Lance Corporal Allan Douglas, The Highlanders, died January 2006, aged 22