- Study for Capriccio
- Catalogue raisonné no. 677
- Artist's CR 616
- 2005
- Kinkell
- Oil on canvas
- 36 x 32 inches / 91 x 81 cm
-
Gerald Laing: Iraq War Paintings, Galerie Salvador, Paris, 2005chevron_right
-
Gerald Laing: Iraq War Paintings, Kings College, Cambridge, 2005chevron_right
-
Diana Newall/Grant Pooke, Art History: The Basics, Routledge, 2008chevron_right
-
Mark Sheerin, 'Pop Art, politics and painting the Iraq war: Culture24 interviews artist Gerald Laing', Culture24.org.uk, 3 Junechevron_right
Selected Citations and Comments
As an example of this self-conscious referencing of past styles, consider Study for Capriccio, 2005… Although its subject matter is powerful and compelling, Laing’s image is also a pastiche. It is an example of ‘double-coding’ which uses the familiar iconography and techniques of Pop art (of which Laing was an original exponent), whilst referencing the inhumane treatment of prisoners during the recent occupation of Iraq.
, Art History: The Basics, London, 2008
-
Capriccio, Oil on canvas, 2005, 676chevron_right