Silver Liberties: A Souvenir of a Wonderful Anniversary Year
Conrad Atkinson, 1978

Four panels, the first green, the second white, the third orange (making up the Irish flag) and the fourth black. The first panel shows photos of the 13 people killed on Bloody Sunday and a blood-stained banner that was carried on the day of the march. The second panel shows a cartoon of a British soldier copied from graffiti on a wall in Belfast. The third panel shows photographs of street scenes in Belfast depicting mostly pro-loyalist symbols. The fourth panel is seperated from the others by a line of barbed wire, and show photographs of a man alledgedly beaten up by police for being an IRA suspect, and a quote by Shelley.
More information
Title of artwork, date
Silver Liberties: A Souvenir of a Wonderful Anniversary Year, 1978
Date supported
2004
Medium and material
Acrylic on canvas & photographs & newspaper cuttings & barbed wire
Dimensions
4 panels each 137.2 x 213.4 cm
Grant
15000
Total cost
25000

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