{"product_id":"solitary-matthew-thompson-new-irish-works","title":"Solitary, Matthew Thompson - NEW IRISH WORKS","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis project presents a collaboration between Maria Hinds, Matthew Thompson and Herman Wallace. It documents the life of Herman Wallace, a former Black Panther and Angola 3 member, during his forty two years of solitary confinement in Louisiana state prisons. His story is told through a collection of personal items fashioned or acquired during his incarceration that testify to the resilient strength and creative ingenuity of a human spirit forced to endure decades in the harshly punitive environments the U.S. prison system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThrough artistic expression and imaginative improvisation these items became functional tools for survival, repurposed to navigate, circumvent, and ultimately transcend the constraints of prison life while affirming humanity in an otherwise inhuman set of circumstances. Embodiments of memory, self-identity, social connection and political determination, these items reflect both community and loss, inside and outside, struggle and pleasure, as well as courage and transcendent human freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe project catalogues a selection of Herman’s possessions that he gave to supporter and friend Maria Hinds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Matthew Thompson\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eMatthew is an Irish fine-art and commercial photographer who is interested in why we think what we think.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/matthewthompsonphotography.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ematthewthompsonphotography.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout New Irish Works\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eSelected by an international panel of 23 professionals, New Irish Works brings you a selection of 20 projects and 20 photographers representing the diverse range of practices coming from Ireland. New Irish Works 2016 is a year long project of 10 presentations and 20 publications that aims to highlight the great moment Irish Photography is experiencing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe artists selected are Ailbhe Ní Bhriain, Aisling McCoy, Caitriona Dunnett, Dara McGrath, Daragh Soden, David Thomas Smith, Eanna de Freine, Emer Gillespie, Enda Bowe, Jan McCullough, Jill Quigley, Kate Nolan, Mandy O’Neill, Matthew Thompson, Miriam O’Connor, Noel Bowler, Robert McCormack, Roseanne Lynch, Shane Lynam, and Yvette Monahan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery month from July 2016 to July 2017, a special presentation will be hosted at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/tlp.photoireland.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Library Project\u003c\/a\u003e for two of the selected artists at a time. The presentation will include a display and a publication for each artist’s project. The two artists that will be presented during \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/2016.photoireland.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePhotoIreland Festival\u003c\/a\u003e 2016 are Daragh Soden and Mandy O’Neill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs part of the project, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/photoireland.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePhotoIreland\u003c\/a\u003e will bring New Irish Works abroad at key events like PhotoEspaña, with the support of the Embassy of Ireland in Madrid, and to Paris during Paris Photo, with the support of the Centre Culturel Irlandais and Culture Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFind out more: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/newirishworks.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003enewirishworks.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited edition of 200\u003cbr\u003e Published by PhotoIreland\u003cbr\u003e Softcover\u003cbr\u003e 32 pages\u003cbr\u003e 148×210 mm\u003cbr\u003e ISBN: 9780957684911\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PhotoIreland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":4178522963999,"sku":"","price":10.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2538\/3478\/products\/NIW_MATTHEW-THOMPSON_s-24.jpg?v=1527129082","url":"https:\/\/www.thelibraryproject.ie\/it\/products\/solitary-matthew-thompson-new-irish-works","provider":"The Library Project","version":"1.0","type":"link"}