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Living in Riverdance? Contemporary art in Ireland.(irish writing today)
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HOW CAN WE DESCRIBE an idea of contemporary Irish art? Is it possible to define a practice that is essentially Irish? For that matter, would it be possible to define an essentially American art? Or British? Questions of classification bring with them the risk both of generalization and of exclusion, and there is always the problem of cultural stereotyping. Is Ireland always green? Do we live in a land of mists and Celtic twilight? Are colors soft, and is nature prevalent in Irish painting? Are Irish artists loveable drunks, like so many of their ...
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