2022
Drypoint
Plate: 41x33.7cm
Edition of 8
Signed and numbered, lower margin
£ 650.00
The Book of Jeremiah XI, from a portfolio of twenty drypoints plus title sheet. In late February 2022, as Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, Marcus Rees Roberts began working...
The Book of Jeremiah XI, from a portfolio of twenty drypoints plus title sheet. In late February 2022, as Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, Marcus Rees Roberts began working on a series of twenty prints using found images of the war from the news media. Using papier collé, he combined these images with drypoint. The fragments of text are from The Book of Jeremiah, which describes the invasion and destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BCE - the deaths, the rapes, the refugees, the deportations, the devastation of somewhere independent and beautiful. In the Authorised Version, the language, particularly in the early chapters, is urgent, passionate, full of a sense abandonment, and disbelief at what has happened. It has a terrible prescience and relevance, even more so with recent events in the Near East. A small hand-made concertina book accompanies the full portfolio and is also available to purchase individually. Mixed media; each section: 30x20cm. Information on request.