Creativity After Combat Main MenuExhibitionEvents and ProgrammingWhat is the Escalette Collection of Art?Jessica Bocinskia602570e86f7a6936e40ab07e0fddca6eccf4e9b
The Push
1media/2020.1.35_thumb.jpg2020-02-05T20:09:54+00:00Jessica Bocinskia602570e86f7a6936e40ab07e0fddca6eccf4e9b11Yvette M. Pino, The Push, Intaglio, 2012. Purchased with funds from the Escalette Endowment.plain2020-02-05T20:09:54+00:00Jessica Bocinskia602570e86f7a6936e40ab07e0fddca6eccf4e9b
1media/2020.1.35.jpgmedia/2020.1.35.jpg2020-02-06T00:27:09+00:00The Push by Yvette M. Pino2plain2020-02-11T22:14:45+00:00 Veteran: Yvette P., US Army
Artist Statement: On March 21, 2003 over 200 vehicles crossed the Kuwait/Iraq border in a convoy headed into a war zone. This was the initial “push” of troops into Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom. Our convoy, filled with support staff was a day behind each major battle. As we journeyed through each landmark, I remember seeing the remnants of a battle from the night before. On buildings were unit crests and division symbols emblazoned in spray paint upon burning buildings and destroyed vehicles. I learned later that this was done as verification that an area had been cleared. I wrote a letter home describing what I saw and my thoughts of what must have gone through a young soldier’s mind when he/she tagged these spots. Pride was felt, I’m sure, but I also believe this was a symbolic metaphor for someone’s loss of innocence – a right of passage into a hardened new existence.
