Daniel
Edwards -
"Iraq War Memorial: Death of Prince Harry"
October 11-14th
A) Clay model of the
"Iraq War Memorial: Death of Prince Harry" by Daniel Edwards. Life Size,
2007
B) Clay model of the "Iraq
War Memorial: Death of Prince Harry" by Daniel Edwards. Life Size, 2007
C) Clay model of the "Iraq
War Memorial: Death of Prince Harry" by Daniel Edwards. Life Size, 2007
Capla
Kesting Fine Art in association with Bridge Art Fair London is pleased
to present:
Daniel
Edwards - "Iraq War Memorial: Death of Prince Harry"
October 11-14 -
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PRINCE
HARRY “DEAD” IN IRAQ WAR MEMORIAL
The ‘Brave At Heart’ Honored with Royal
Tribute in London
LONDON, England –
A war-mutilated Prince Harry is the symbolic fallen hero in a memorial
honoring those willing but unable to serve in the Iraq conflict. Harry,
brother to Britain’s future king, was poised to be the most celebrated
soldier of the Coalition forces, but due to the “specific threats
to kill or kidnap him,” he was kept home. However, Prince Harry
will be remembered for his intended tour of duty in a memorial to be unveiled
at the Trafalgar Hotel October 11th courtesy of Bridge Art Fair.
“Iraq War Memorial featuring the Death of Prince Harry, the Martyr
of Maysan Province” draws inspiration from Harry’s willingness
to sacrifice for his country, and the sympathy for his disappointment
of an unfulfilled patriotic aspiration.
“This war memorial is dedicated to the brave at heart,” said
spokesman David Kesting. “But the brave men and women Prince Harry
inspired to enlist for combat following his announcement to serve six
months in Iraq are not forgotten.”
The Memorial features Prince Harry laid out before the Union Jack with
pennies placed over his eyes and head rested on the Bible. The statue
suggests the tragic outcome of a confrontation in Iraq’s Maysan
Province with the Iranian weapons smugglers for whom Harry’s tank
regiment was scheduled to patrol. Prone with his unfired gun still holstered,
Prince Harry is represented clutching a bloodied flag of Wales, and holding
to his heart a cameo locket of his late mother, Princess Diana, while
a desert vulture perches on his boot. Harry’s head is earless, denoting
the explicit threats against the Prince from militia leaders saying they
planned to send him back to his grandmother "without his ears."
A bronze casting of Prince Harry’s “severed ears” also
set for display at the Trafalgar Hotel will be offered on eBay.
Harry had stated he would leave the army if he was left in safety while
his regiment was sent to a war zone. “Prince Harry’s spirit
must have died the day they told him he couldn’t serve,” speculates
New York artist Daniel Edwards. “That’s what this memorial
is about.”
Like Paris’s Victor Noir Memorial, security for the Prince Harry
Memorial will guard against vandalism from expected throngs of admirers
believing luck in love and fertility may come by kissing the lips of the
memorial to England’s reputed playboy “pinup prince.”
The “Death of Prince Harry” follows the recent tenth anniversary
remembrance Harry organized for his mother, who died tragically in Paris.
On Princess Diana's coffin was a card from Harry, made out to Mummy. Visitors
may place cards and flowers for Harry at the memorial or e-mail their
condolences to www.PrinceHarryMemorial.com.
For information, contact David Kesting at 917-650-3760 or John Leo at
917-292-8865 or visit www.BridgeArtFair.com.
Media-Contact:
David Kesting
CaplaKestingFineArt / BridgeArtFair
+1-917-650-3760
info@caplakesting.com
“Iraq War Memorial: Death of Prince Harry” by Daniel Edwards.
