Into Iraq - Art Hazelwood

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At the beginning of the Iraq war it seemed like a bad idea. At the end of George W. Bush's final term in office it was a bad idea that had fossilized. This bound set of prints is the bookend to Art Hazelwood's Hubris Corpulentus, a series of engravings done in the first year of the war. Into Iraq consists of small linocut prints each one more full of bile than the previous. The subjects range from the battlefield to the media, to the neocons and the Congressional enablers in Washington. Oil Flag, Patriotic Tune, Sacrifice of Liberty, The President in his Labyrinth are some of the titles.

These linocuts were all created in the last years of the Bush administration. Several were used as the basis for posters. In the last months of the Administration during the 2008 elections the whole series was exhibited in Oakland at the now defunct Front Gallery. It took from that time to the present to print and bind the thirty books. But it is a good time for us to recall George W. Bush. It is a good time to recall the path that led the country on its downward cycle. It is a good time lest we think he or his ilk have disappeared or worse that they have any good ideas at all.

34 Linocut prints in a book by

Art Hazelwood

Signed edition of 30

36 pages, two fold outs, 34 linocut prints, linocut printed titles.

Three different papers used in the book body

Mohawk Superfine (21 of the edition) 9 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 3/8 inches, . Cover BFK grey

Torinoko (3 of the edition) 9 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 1/2 inches. Cover BFK tan

Whatman Print Paper (6 of the edition) 9 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 3/4 inches. Cover BFK cream

All with decorative end sheets. Accordion fold, paper binding. Bound by the artist.

Price $250.00 plus $20 shipping. In California add 9.5% sales tax or $23.75