Portrait of a Nation: Art, Politics and the Anglo-Irish Treaty
This conference aims to explore the intersection between art and politics in the context of the birth of the new Irish state. The event brings together a broad range of speakers – historians, artists, writers and curators – to share, discuss and debate themes from the background to the signing of the Treaty in London in 1921 to its legacy and impact on ordinary Irish people; from questions around memory and trauma to the role of the artist as witness to history.
23.4.22.
11.45am – 1.00pm The Artist as Witness
Logan Sisley – Chair
Niamh McCann – foreground, middleground, background
Amanda Dunsmore – Art making as Longitudinal Social Archiving
Anthony Haughey – Socially Engaged Art: Contesting Cultures, Histories and Narratives