Artists to demonstrate horrors of war

SHOPPERS in Galway will today come face-to-face with the impact war will have on ordinary Iraqi citizens, as artists and anti-war activists unite in a novel awareness campaign.

Members of the Galway Alliance Against War (GAAW), and two local artists, will position themselves in popular shopping areas of the city, erecting street installations aimed at showing the impact war will have on everyday citizens in Iraq.

Two local artists, Paraic Breathnach and Owen McCarthy, have designed life-size shadows of people painted over with a target, each one representing an Iraqi citizen.