Gavin Murphy
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‘‘Hey, That’s Interesting!’: Richard Hamilton’s Finn MacCool (1983)’, The Irish Review (Cork University Press), no.39, Winter 2008

At root, an essay questioning the ability of art criticism in Northern Ireland and beyond to deal with relations between politics and visual complexity when it comes to dealing with charged imagery pertaining to the conflict.
 

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