Jeremy Deller

The Spoils of War (Memorial for an unknown civilian)

 

‘The presentation of the spoils of war to a curious public dates back at least to the Roman Empire. My idea for the fourth plinth performs a similar role’, says Jeremy Deller, ‘It is not an artwork, but the remains of a vehicle that has been destroyed in an attack on civilians in Iraq’.

Biography

Jeremy Deller was born in London in 1966 and studied History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art. Much of his work involves collaboration with individuals and groups of people.

Jeremy Deller won the Turner Prize in 2004 for Memory Bucket – a documentary about Crawford, Texas (the hometown of George W Bush) and the siege in Waco. He is also known for the Battle of Orgreave (2001), a recreation of one of the key incidents during the Miners’ Strike of 1984.

Deller has exhibited throughout Europe and America and publications include Life is to Blame for Everything, (Salon3/Arts Council, 2001), A True Revolutionary is Motivated by Great Feelings of Love (CVA Cardiff, 2000) and The Uses of Literacy (Book Works, 1999).