Aaron Hughes, Chicago, IL

Aaron Hughes is a passionate artist and pro-peace activist. He is an Iraq War Veteran and active with the Iraq Veterans Against the war and other war relief organizations. Booklyn is proud to represent Aaron's artwork which is an amazing collision of beautiful aesthetics and profound reportage.

Dust Memories, 2008, edition of 10, in a clam shell box, 88 pages, ink jet print, H10.5" x W14" x T1", accordion fold, printed on both sides, total length 52 feet.

The Dust Memories book is a series of drawings, paintings, and collages attempting to communicate the ambiguous and anxious moments of a deployment with the 1244th Transportation Company in support of combat operations in Iraq. This book is conceived as a repeating cycle, which is a metaphor for my continually repeating thoughts of the experience, as well as representing the reality that this journey is still being carried out today by soldiers in Iraq. - Aaron Hughes

For a look at all the images in Dust Memories visit Aaron's website.

The Dust Memories book was produced with the assistance of a Booklyn Inventive Investment grant.

Collections
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Germany
Jack Ginsberg Collection, Johannesburg, South Africa
Kunstbibliothek, State Museum of Berlin, Germany
Stanford University, CA
University of California, Irvine

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