Material relating to works by Conrad Atkinson

[c.1955–84]

Items chosen from this collection for digitisation include photographs of wall murals, posters, and graffiti Northern Ireland, taken by Conrad Atkinson during the 'Troubles' in the early 1970s, as well as source material and original sketches by the artist for the exhibition catalogue for 'A Shade of Green, An Orange Edge', at the Art Council Gallery, Belfast, 1975. Also chosen are writings and organisational documentation relating to the formation and activities of the Artists' Union.

Details of the remainder of the collection can be found on the Archive catalogue.

Collection Owner: Conrad Atkinson 1940–2022
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Purchased by Tate Archive from Margaret Harrison, November 2010.
Reference: TGA 201020

160 objects in this collection

Material relating to works by Conrad Atkinson

160 Objects

Title: Box file labelled, ‘Northern Ireland: Sketches in catalogue, 14 pieces from show, 2 photos etc. (3)’
Date: [c.1968–80]
Description: This file consists of documentation relating to the exhibitions, 'A shade of green, an orange edge', by Conrad Atkinson at the Arts Council Gallery, Belfast, May 1975, and 'Northern Ireland '68 - May Day '75', at the Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham, and Artnet, London, 1975.

It includes sketches, diagrams, quotes, and photographs, some of which are mounted on board and were displayed in the exhibition, and used in the exhibition catalogue for, 'A shade of green, an orange edge'. It also includes other photographs, correspondence, writings, printed and published material, and press cuttings relating to the 'Troubles' in Northern Ireland during the 1970s.
Reference: TGA 201020/3

160 objects in this collection

Showing 1–20 of 70 objects

Colour photograph mounted on board of a rosette in the colours of the Irish flag depicting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, surrounded by the slogan, ‘Remember Our Glorious Dead’

Colour photograph, mounted on board, of two women standing in front of a wall with a Union Jack and the word, ‘Ulster’, painted on it.

Colour photograph, mounted on board, of the words ‘Ulster’, ‘Up UVF’, and a Union Jack painted on a wall

Quote, mounted on board, about the troubles in Northern Ireland by an anonymous ‘Girl’ from a Belfast Secondary School

Quote, mounted on board, from ‘The Dilemma’ (1969), by John Hewitt

Quote, mounted on board, about Ireland, by the cartoonist, Rowel Friers

Quote, mounted on board, about the troubles in Northern Ireland, by James Simmons

Quote, mounted on board, about Northern Ireland, by John Hewitt, an Irishman in Coventry

A sectarian joke, originally printed in the ‘Ulster Loyalist’

Quote, mounted on board, about discord between the religious communities in Northern Ireland by Richard Rose, taken from ‘Governing without Consensus’, Faber, 1971

Quote, mounted on board, about the problem of expressing national identity in Northern Ireland, by Terence O’Neill

Quote about the ‘Troubles’ in Northern Ireland by ‘Capt. L of the Glosters’, which was originally reported in the Observer Review, 8 December 1974

Quote about the ‘Troubles’ in Northern Ireland by an anonymous author

Poem about Northern Ireland by Seamus Heaney

Quote about the ‘Troubles’ in Northern Ireland by Andrew Waterman

Poem about Northern Ireland by Seamus Heaney

Quote by Michael Friel

Colour photograph of a wall in Northern Ireland painted with Irish Republican slogans and flags

Colour photograph of a wall in Northern Ireland painted with a pig, dressed in a police or army uniform, next to the word, ‘British’

Colour photograph of a wall in Northern Ireland painted with a pig, dressed in a police or army uniform, next to the words, ‘Go Home’

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