it is what it is

• specified sculptor

  • car taken form a suicide bombing during 2000's Iraq war
  • car not altered = ready made art - show the brutal reality
  • taken from a book market in town centre = war not only destroys lives, but kills culture and knowledge - birthplace of civilisation
  • wanted to originally display it on 4th plinth = can't because it creates too much controversy
  • toured it around the us = create conversation and bring war to those who cause it
  • us soldier and Iraqi citizen = show both sides of conflict - not bias view