>In July 2011 GAGPROJECTS organized the production of Sierra's performance and documentation of 'Veterans of War' in Australia. With the Viet-nam war, still after 30 years a contentious issue in Australian society (a war Australia should not have been involved with, and one most Australians didn"t want to talk about), it was difficult to find two vetterans willing to stand in original uniforms in a public space face to the wall for 1/2 hs.

"...Sierra is renowned for revealing conceptual projects that focus on inequities in social and economical systems, using workers as performers and participants. He has said he considers his role as an artist is to press on sore spots and create uncomfortable situations for people who want to have fun in galleries. His work can be seen as an attack on capitalism in general and the art world in particular, and has strong elements of the absurd..."

(excerpt from 'Conceptual artist's war on complacency', Rosalie Higson, The Australian, November 16, 2010)