Shotgun Cartridges, Armagh-Louth Border, from the "Disputed Territory" series
Maker
Haughey, Anthony
Irish, b. 1963
Date1999
MediumChromogenic development print
Dimensionsimage: 36 in x 36 in; paper: 43 in x 43 in
Credit LineGift of the artist and the Julie Saul Gallery, New York
Object number2009:317
About the ArtistIn his long-term project Disputed Territory (1999-2006), Anthony Haughey considers territorial conflicts over borders, particularly in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, and Kosovo and the varied effects of ongoing struggles over determining the identity of such places. As a resident for many years near the border of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, Haughey experienced the persistent conflict on an intimate level. His images portray subtle indicators of violence, such as piles of shotgun cartridges and burnt file cabinet remnants scattered among wildflowers. These images of the aftermath of warfare and its material residue suggest that the impacts of war are often impalpable and reach far beyond the battlefield. Anthony Haughey received a PhD at the Interface Centre for Research in Art, Technologies, and Design at the University of Ulster in Belfast, Northern Ireland. His work has been widely exhibited nationally and internationally, including at Whitworth Gallery Manchester; RCC Letterkenny; Ulster Museum; Les Rencontres de la Photagraphie d’Arles; and Centre Regionale de la Photographie, Hauts-de-France. His work is included in the collections of the Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland; National Museum of Media, Bradford, UK; Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, UK; University of Salamanca, Spain; and Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK; among others. He is a lecturer at the Dublin Institute of Technology.
