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Ghost-Haunted Land

Contemporary Art and Post-Troubles Northern Ireland

Declan Long author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Manchester University Press

Published:12th May '20

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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 — the first book-length examination of post-Troubles contemporary art — 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. ‘Post-Troubles’ contemporary art is discussed in the context of both local transformations and global operations — and many of the main points of reference in the book come from broader debates about the place and purpose of contemporary art in today’s world.

‘Ghost-Haunted Land is afoundational work of art criticism that will stand alongside Colin Graham’sstudy of photography and the North as a first point of reference for anyoneinterested in the Troubles and their cultural legacies.’
Nicholas Allen, IrishTimes, December 2017

ISBN: 9781526146243

Dimensions: 240mm x 170mm x 18mm

Weight: 567g

240 pages