GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Willie Doherty has been creating work that deals with the situation in Ireland known as the Troubles since the mid-1980s. Ghost Story employs the Irish landscape, expanding it into literal space and time by adding sound and moving imagery. A non-linear text, narrated by the renowned Irish actor Stephen Rea, variously describes acts of military violence against unknown people, apparitions warning of death and danger, and other surrealist-like visions; while a hand-held camera at one point pans down a country road that runs parallel to a body of water before veering into other mysterious scenes. Doherty emphasizes the haphazard nature of seeing and hearing, in other words, the unreliability of how we comprehend and understand the world. Taking no overt side in the conflict, Doherty rather presents with this work a non-narrative tale of danger, surveillance, and menace.
Adapted from
Charles Wylie, DMA unpublished material, 2008.
NOTES
DMA unpublished material = Charles Wylie, "Acquisition Proposal," March 24, 2008. In Collections Records object file (2008.11).
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PROVENANCE
Until 2008: Willie Doherty, b. 1959
2008: Dallas Museum of Art, DMA/amfAR Benefit Auction Fund, purchased from Alexander and Bonin (Carolyn Alexander), New York
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The main source for this provenance is "Invoice 4.2337" dated April 3, 2008 in Collections Records object file.
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Charles Wylie, Gallery talk: Willie Doherty: Requisite Distance, June 24, 2009. Transcript on TAZ. (Filename: gt_20090624_CharlieWylie)
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- Vimeo~Watch a clip of Willie Doherty's Ghost Story.
- BBC History~Learn more about the Troubles.
- Queens University Belfast, School of History and Anthropology~Listen to podcasts about the the Northern Ireland civil rights movement.
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General Description
Willie Doherty has been creating work that deals with the situation in Ireland known as the Troubles since the mid-1980s. Ghost Story employs the Irish landscape, expanding it into literal space and time by adding sound and moving imagery. A non-linear text, narrated by the renowned Irish actor Stephen Rea, variously describes acts of military violence against unknown people, apparitions warning of death and danger, and other surrealist-like visions; while a hand-held camera at one point pans down a country road that runs parallel to a body of water before veering into other mysterious scenes. Doherty emphasizes the haphazard nature of seeing and hearing, in other words, the unreliability of how we comprehend and understand the world. Taking no overt side in the conflict, Doherty rather presents with this work a non-narrative tale of danger, surveillance, and menace.
Adapted from
Charles Wylie, DMA unpublished material, 2008.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
- Vimeo~Watch a clip of Willie Doherty's Ghost Story.
- BBC History~Learn more about the Troubles.
- Queens University Belfast, School of History and Anthropology~Listen to podcasts about the the Northern Ireland civil rights movement.
Notes
DMA unpublished material = Charles Wylie, "Acquisition Proposal," March 24, 2008. In Collections Records object file (2008.11).
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 2008: Willie Doherty, b. 1959
2008: Dallas Museum of Art, DMA/amfAR Benefit Auction Fund, purchased from Alexander and Bonin (Carolyn Alexander), New York
Notes:
The main source for this provenance is "Invoice 4.2337" dated April 3, 2008 in Collections Records object file.
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Charles Wylie, Gallery talk: Willie Doherty: Requisite Distance, June 24, 2009. Transcript on TAZ. (Filename: gt_20090624_CharlieWylie)
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