McQueen and country

28th April – 1st June The Art Fund is taking the critically acclaimed project ‘Queen and Country’ by Steve McQueen on tour, starting at the Royal Festival Hall. Turner Prize winner and official war artist, Steve McQueen, in collaboration with 137 families whose loved ones have lost their lives in Iraq, has created a cabinet containing a series of facsimile postage sheets, each one dedicated to a deceased soldier. But until real stamps are issued the work, entitled ‘Queen and Country’, is incomplete. Visitors will be invited to take part in Steve McQueen’s vision and sign The Art Fund’s online petition asking the Royal Mail to issue the stamps – over 11,500 people have signed so far at www.artfund.org/queenandcountry Following its display the Royal Festival Hall ‘Queen and Country’ will travel to the Barbican Centre for the second part of the tour, and then be exhibited at venues around the country; details will be announced on The Art Fund’s website. Venue: Level 2 Green Side, Royal Festival Hall at Southbank Admission free Exhibition tour: ‘Queen and Country’ by Steve McQueen at The Barbican Centre 4th June – 27th July Following its launch at the Royal Festival Hall The Art Fund’s tour of the critically acclaimed project ‘Queen and Country’ by Steve McQueen will be exhibited at The Barbican from 4th June to 27th July. It will coincide with the run of National Theatre of Scotland’s ‘Black Watch’, the award winning play based on interviews with former soldiers who served in Iraq. Turner Prize winner and official war artist, Steve McQueen, in collaboration with 137 families whose loved ones have lost their lives in Iraq, has created a cabinet containing a series of facsimile postage sheets, each one dedicated to a deceased soldier. But until real stamps are issued the work, entitled ‘Queen and Country’, is incomplete. Venue: The Barbican Centre Admission free

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