War Art: Murals and Graffiti - Military Life, Power and Subversion

Oxbow says: War, and especially the two World Wars, have left a great mark on the landscape although as the years go by, traces of abandoned military buildings, fortifications, pillboxes and so forth are gradually diminishing. But these are not the only fading signs of a past military life - a broad range of visual imagery is also disappearing. This study examines an arrary of modern military art, with most examples taken from England, including murals, graffiti, paintings on aircraft, carvin…