Thomas Dane Gallery
Skip to main content
Menu

Artworks

Steve McQueen, Queen and Country, 2007-2010
Steve McQueen, Queen and Country, 2007-2010
Steve McQueen, Queen and Country, 2007-2010
Steve McQueen, Queen and Country, 2007-2010

Steve McQueen

Queen and Country, 2007-2010
oak cabinet containing a series of 160 facsimile postage sheets bearing portrait heads of soldiers who lost their lives in the conflict in Iraq between 2003 and 2009
260 x 140 x 190 cm.
102 3/8 x 55 1/8 x 74 3/4 in.
copyright the artist
Enquire
%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22artist%22%3ESteve%20McQueen%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22title_and_year%22%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title_and_year_title%22%3EQueen%20and%20Country%3C/span%3E%2C%20%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title_and_year_year%22%3E2007-2010%3C/span%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22medium%22%3Eoak%20cabinet%20containing%20a%20series%20of%20160%20facsimile%20postage%20sheets%20bearing%20portrait%20heads%20of%20soldiers%20who%20lost%20their%20lives%20in%20the%20conflict%20in%20Iraq%20between%202003%20and%202009%20%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22dimensions%22%3E260%20x%20140%20x%20190%20cm.%3Cbr/%3E%0A102%203/8%20x%2055%201/8%20x%2074%203/4%20in.%3C/div%3E

Further images

  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Thumbnail of additional image
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Thumbnail of additional image
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) Thumbnail of additional image
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) Thumbnail of additional image

Exhibitions

Imperial War Museum, London England (permanent display)

Steve McQueen: Works, The Art Institute of Chicago, Regenstein Hall, Chicago IL, 21 October - 6 January 2012; [travelled to: Schaulager, Basel, Switzerland, 1 March - 7 July 2013]
Queen and Country,
Barbican Centre, London, England, 4 June - 27 July 2008 (to coincide with the run of Black Watch, a National Theatre of Scotland's play based on interviews with former soldiers who served in Iraq)
Queen and Country, Imperial War Museum, London, England, 26 September 2007 - 6 January 2008; [travelled to: Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, England, 28 April - 1 June 2008; St George's Hall, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, England 5 September - 31 October 2008; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland, 3 December 2008 - 15 February 2009; Middlesborough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough, England, 18 March - 3 May 2009; Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, England, 18 July - 26 September 2009; University Gallery, University of Essex, Colchester, England, 8 October - 14 November 2009; Royal United Services Institute, London, England, 4-11 March 2010; National Portrait Gallery, London, England, 20 March - 18 July 2010]

Queen and Country, Manchester Central Library, Manchester, England, February 2007 (as part of Manchester International Festival)

Collections
Imperial War Museum, London, England, presented by The Art Fund

Literature

McIlroy, Natalie, ed., Saudade An Instersection of Archives and Art, The Hague: The Expatriate Archive Centre, 2018 p. 80 ill.

Bevan, Sara., Art from Contemporary Conflict, London: Imperial War Museums, 2015 pp. 46-47 ill.
I want the screen to be a massive mirror, Basel: Schaulager Basel, Steudler Press, 2013 pp. 110-111 ill.
Steve McQueen: Works, Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago; Basel: Schaulager Basel; Berlin: Kehrer, 2012 pp. 42-44, 144-145 ill.

Steve McQueen: Queen and Country, London: British Council Visual Arts Publications, 2010
Arkive City, Interface, University of Ulster, Belfast and Locus+Archive, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, 2008 pp. 122-123

Previous
|
Next
525 
of  840
Manage cookies
Copyright © 2026 Thomas Dane Gallery
Site by Artlogic

This website uses cookies
This site uses cookies to help make it more useful to you. Please contact us to find out more about our Cookie Policy.

Manage cookies
Reject non essential
Accept

Cookie preferences

Check the boxes for the cookie categories you allow our site to use

Cookie options
Required for the website to function and cannot be disabled.
Improve your experience on the website by storing choices you make about how it should function.
Allow us to collect anonymous usage data in order to improve the experience on our website.
Allow us to identify our visitors so that we can offer personalised, targeted marketing.
Save preferences