This exhibition showcases stories retrieved from past wars. Artists Anna Taylor and Lisa Sewards have collaborated to create unique perspectives around war and deliver bodies of work that honour lost memories and untold experiences.
Sewards poetically brings to life unlikely and unsung war heroes: the carrier pigeons who received gallantry medals for countless lives during WW2. Their unique stories are portrayed in paintings and works on paper. Taylor’s ‘Home Sweet Home – a Memorial’ pays tribute to the families of veterans and reveals the untold stories of women and children affected by inter-generational war trauma.
fortyfivedownstairs
12 to 30 May, 2015
Melbourne
Anna Taylor, Siberian Railway, 2015, acrylic paint and ink drawing, 76 x 76cm
Courtesy the artist and fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne
Photography: Michelle Ferriera
