Dazzle Ship

Category

Library Item

Item no

43180

Title

The MV Fingal at Albert Dock, Leith. Dazzle Ship artwork commissioned to mark the centenary of the Battle of Jutland and World War One by Edinburgh Art Festival

Artist / maker

MacLean, Kevin

Date

2016

Type

Digital image

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Ciara Phillips' Every Woman, co-commissioned by Edinburgh Art Festival and 14-18 NOW, is the fourth in a series of dazzle ship artworks developed by contemporary artists to commemorate World War One.

Dazzle: A Short History
Designed not to camouflage, but to distort a ship's appearance when viewed through a telescope, 'Dazzle' was developed by the British marine artist Norman Wilkinson to counter the threat posed by German U-Boats. Using strongly contrasting blocks of colour, stripes and curves, dazzle designs transformed ships into a confusing array of multi-directional shapes, making it difficult to gauge a ship's direction or speed.

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