Ypres, the Great War and the Re-Gilding of Memory: the Sculpture and Drawings of Stephen Hurst

Ypres: In Flanders Fields Museum, 2013. Softcover. NF. Black card wraps with color illustration and white lettering; French flaps; 240 pp. with color and bw images throughout. Text in Dutch and English. Catalogue from the exhibition of 15 June to 15 September, 2013. Extensive text and numerous of British artist Hurst's works, all in the context of the Great War (WWI), done to commemorate the 100th anniversary of its beginning in Europe, much in the context of family. Essay titles include: Menin Gate, The Old Front Line, Helmets, Third Ypres and others, and (truncated) sections of his works include, among others, Iraq, Afghanistan, Official Version, etc. A very thought-provoking catalogue bringing together history and art. Includes a biography. (Inventory #: 140668)