The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Two naked figures without heads lie diagonally across in a womb. The background is a dark rusty red and a single eye and the words 'speak no evil' are below.
Lawton was a singer as well as a visual artist and performed two tours to entertain troops in Vietnam during the course of the war. As a result her pieces are very different from other artists who responded to Vietnam who did not have first-hand experience but instead were using imagery from the media. Her work is raw and powerful, created in response to what she sees as 'irrationality gone wild'.
An abstract portrait with one large eye dominating the forehead, and the naked outline of a woman, including a baby in the womb, where the facial features such as nose and mouth would usually be on a
A body with an oversized brain. One eye covers the chest. Phases such as 'Conscience, sorry - centre closed'. The background is red while the body is black and white. Lawton was a singer as well
An an abstract composition including a figure wearing a gas mask. Three images of lips are the focal point of the work. There are contained within a black barrier which forms part of the outline of
A distorted foetus within a womb. The head is joined but comprises two distinct faces. On the left is a bird with a protruding beak while on the right is a skeleton. The rest of the body is in earl
Worried about the rise of vice during the war including crime, public drunkenness and carnality in certain streets, Tucker's works began to reflect these themes. Presenting the city as a threatening,
Bien Hoa, Vietnam. 1966-01-18. Digger look for Brisbane singer Lyn Fletcher wearing an Army hat and holding a rifle as she clowned with Sergeant Ian Morley of Launceston, Tas, after she had given her
