May 6 - June 22, 2003
In collaboration with the Linen Hall Library in Belfast, Meridian International Center will present Troubled Images: Posters and Images of the Northern Ireland Conflict beginning on May 7, 2003. The Library is the unique repository for the Northern Ireland Political Collection, which contains over a quarter of a million items - books, documents, cards, pamphlets, photographs and other printed materials - relating to the activities of all parties to the thirty-year conflict and the ongoing peace process. The seventy posters on view are part of the collection of over 3,000 acquired by the Library from 1969 to the present. They represent a wide range of opinions on major events and individuals involved in the arduous years of struggle and the burgeoning peace process, in which Senator George Mitchell played a significant role as chairman of the peace talks that brought about the Good Friday Agreement.
Troubled Images reflects the emotions and hopes of a deeply divided society in conflict. Explaining the purpose of the exhibition, Linen Hall Head Librarian John Gray explains: "...our first intention was to open doors to understanding in an accessible way for our own community. In doing so we are also suggesting a way of acting that may have a wider international resonance. After more than thirty years of conflict, we need to lift the blanket of silence..."
The Troubled Images Project, which includes the exhibition, catalogue and CD-ROM, won for the Linen Hall Library the prestigious Christopher Ewart Biggs Literary Prize for 2003. The prize is awarded once a year to individuals and/or organizations that promote peace and reconciliation in Ireland, a greater understanding between the peoples of Britain and Ireland, or closer co-operation between partners of the European Community.
John Gray, Head Librarian, and Yvonne Murphy, Librarian and Director of the Collection, will travel to Washington for the opening and will be available at the press preview. They will give a special gallery talk and tour on Wednesday, May 7 at 2pm.
After its DC showing, Troubled Images will travel across the United States, circulated by Meridian in collaboration with the Linen Hall Library. Host venues include New York, Denver and San Francisco.
The new exhibition takes on added significance after the recent meeting between Prime Minister Tony Blair and President George Bush in Belfast to discuss cooperation on Iraq, as well as other issues of mutual interest, including Northern Ireland peace.
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