SCARS OF WAR

Where are the wounds?

Scars Of War, 2014-2015
Clay
Unique work
H56 x W45 x D38cm
© Mark Humphrey

COLLECTOR
Private collector 

COLLABORATOR
Jumeirah

CHARITY
The Royal British Legion

LOCATION
Park Lane, Mayfair, London, UK

“SCARS OF WAR BEGINS WITH A HEAD TAKEN FROM THE EVERY ONE REMEMBERED MOULDS. AFTER THE CLAY WAS CARVED, IT WAS LEFT TO DRY NATURALLY. AS IT CRACKED, THE FRACTURED SURFACE BECAME THE WORK – CAPTURING THE PHYSICAL SCARRING OF CONFLICT IN AN UNEXPECTED AND UNCONTROLLABLE WAY.

THE CRACKS BECOME WOUNDS. THEY SUGGEST THE VISIBLE INJURIES CAUSED BY WAR, BUT ALSO THE INVISIBLE SCARS CARRIED LONG AFTER THE FIGHTING HAS ENDED. PHYSICAL WOUNDS MAY HEAL, BUT MENTAL WOUNDS CAN REMAIN.”

Mark Humphrey