{"product_id":"ghost-haunted-land-contemporary-art-and-post-troubles-northern-ireland-9781784991449","title":"Ghost-Haunted Land: Contemporary Art and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince 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 \u003ci\u003eGhost-Haunted Land\u003c\/i\u003e — the first book-length examination of post-Troubles contemporary art — Declan Long highlights artists who have reflected on the ongoing anxieties of aftermath. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘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.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicholas Allen, \u003c\/i\u003eIrishTimes, December 2017\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1 Same difference: post-Troubles context and contradictions\u003cbr\u003e2 New terrains: ‘Northern Irish art’ in the wider world \u003cbr\u003e3 The post-Troubles art of Willie Doherty \u003cbr\u003e4 That which was: histories, documents, archives \u003cbr\u003e5 Phantom publics: imagining ways of 'being together'\u003cbr\u003eConclusion – or \u003ci\u003eagainst conclusions \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042319532375,"sku":"9781784991449","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ghost-haunted-land-contemporary-art-and-post-troubles-northern-ireland-9781784991449","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}