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Ghost-haunted land : contemporary art and post-troubles Northern Ireland /

By: Long, Declan [author.].
Publisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017Description: xi, 225 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm.Content type: text | still image | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781784991449; 9781784991449:; 1784991449.Subject(s): Art, Irish -- 21st century | Art, Irish -- Northern Ireland -- 21st century | Art -- Political aspects -- Northern Ireland | Art, Modern -- 21st centuryDDC classification: 709.4170905
Contents:
List of plates -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Same difference : post-Troubles contexts and contradictions -- New terrains : 'Northern Irish art' in the wider world -- The post-Troubles art of Willie Doherty -- That which was : histories, documents, archives -- Phantom publics : imagining ways of 'being together' -- Conclusion : or against conclusions.
Summary: Since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, the formal end-point of the thirty-year modern 'Troubles', contemporary visual artists have offered diverse responses to post-conflict circumstances in Northern Ireland. In 'Ghost-Haunted Land', Declan Long highlights artists who have reflected on the ongoing anxieties of aftermath. This wide-ranging study addresses developments in video, photography, painting, sculpture, performance and more, offering detailed analyses of key works by artists based in Ireland and beyond - including 2014 Turner Prize winner Duncan Campbell and internationally acclaimed filmmaker and photographer Willie Doherty.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-218) and index.

List of plates -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Same difference : post-Troubles contexts and contradictions -- New terrains : 'Northern Irish art' in the wider world -- The post-Troubles art of Willie Doherty -- That which was : histories, documents, archives -- Phantom publics : imagining ways of 'being together' -- Conclusion : or against conclusions.

Since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, the formal end-point of the thirty-year modern 'Troubles', contemporary visual artists have offered diverse responses to post-conflict circumstances in Northern Ireland. In 'Ghost-Haunted Land', Declan Long highlights artists who have reflected on the ongoing anxieties of aftermath. This wide-ranging study addresses developments in video, photography, painting, sculpture, performance and more, offering detailed analyses of key works by artists based in Ireland and beyond - including 2014 Turner Prize winner Duncan Campbell and internationally acclaimed filmmaker and photographer Willie Doherty.

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